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Sita and Priya joined us then actually they had come to tell that all others had left for the bus and we were to join them now. I got up when I heard a shriek it was Priya’s she said “Our castle totally washed out by the waves”. They both looked very sad.
My guru just put her hand around their shoulder and started walking.
Our bus started few minutes later I asked “but, it was just sand castle, why did they suffer so much of pain? It looked silly”.
“It was not the sand castle that gave them the pain”, she started to explain with eyes closed “but the words with which they related the sand castle “My” or “Mine” and “My creation” that is the cause of that pain. The moment one owns it with
“My child”,
“My caste”,
“My parent”,
“My relative”,
“My country”,
“My food” (That I prepared my creation),
“My painting”,
“My work”,
All such “My’s” will give immense pain when they are washed away or when others fail to fulfill them. Our expectations from our life and life’s situation are the cause of our pain not life by itself.
If their pain was unreal then why did you hold them?” I asked confused.
“Because, the cause of their pain was unreal but their pain was real”. Having said this, she went into silence and I went within myself to check my areas of pain and suffering. Today came with a huge baggage of learning and I for now wanted to savour every moment of that learning and so closed my eyes to look within …….
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