Me, my Guru
On assigning values ...
Contd......
This was the question we posed
for ourselves and we came out with these thoughts, beliefs and expectations. When
in actuality ‘Guru’ was not one who was squeezed into ‘this image’. Only an honest introspection gave out these
confessions! I wonder how many of us can actually dare to go within and find
answers for this question this sincerely?
Today our Guru left us
abruptly – where no one knew and we were left to be with ourselves. It was then
that Eshwari started talking “Many years back, the ambience and the questions
were just the same. That makes me wonder if ‘history just repeats’ and if it
does then there is nothing more boringly dangerous than that! Even that day
like today we were in a class and each came out with their pains
“I am having too challenging
job, it’s very tough....”
“My life is a waste as I am
not able to do anything worth a dime because of restrictions in my family.....”
“Actually the problem is,
there is so much to be done in office, I like the pay packet, its’ the job requirement
that is my problem....”
“I am not getting a raise....”
“My wife, I never like her and
the pain of living with her is increasing day by day.....”
Eshwari laughed may be
remembering those days. I was amazed to notice the complaints that were just
now vomited by all of us. No change!
She continued “Our Guruji just
listened to all of us and then nodded her head. She didn’t talk about them. She
simply started telling a story -
“Once a student to his master and asked, "What's the
value of life?"
The Master gave him one stone and said, "Find out the value of this stone, but don't sell it."
The student took the stone to an Orange Seller and asked him what its cost would be.
The Orange Seller saw the shiny stone and said, "You can take 12 oranges and give me the stone."
The student apologized and said that the grandpa has asked him not to sell it.
He went ahead and found a vegetable seller.
"What could be the value of this stone?" he asked the vegetable seller.
The seller saw the shiny stone and said, "Take one sack of potatoes and give me the stone."
The student again apologized and said he can't sell it.
The Master gave him one stone and said, "Find out the value of this stone, but don't sell it."
The student took the stone to an Orange Seller and asked him what its cost would be.
The Orange Seller saw the shiny stone and said, "You can take 12 oranges and give me the stone."
The student apologized and said that the grandpa has asked him not to sell it.
He went ahead and found a vegetable seller.
"What could be the value of this stone?" he asked the vegetable seller.
The seller saw the shiny stone and said, "Take one sack of potatoes and give me the stone."
The student again apologized and said he can't sell it.
Contd......
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