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Monk saw the fisherman
leave. He felt like a failure. He was both confused and angry at these fish. He
didn’t understand what went wrong today! Finally, as day came to an end, he
left towards his hut.
There in the dark of
his hut he saw through the events and his actions. He realized his folly. He
saw the ‘ego trip’ he fell into! He saw how one expectation of that fisherman
changed his nature, stability and the state of mind. He saw how he became bound
wanting to live up to fisherman’s expectations! In that he saw his fall.
He noticed how change
in his intention brought about the change in his conduct. Those fish sensed his
intentions! No doubt, they kept away from him!
He laughed at his
folly. He laughed at himself. All these years he had done such intense penance
and yet fell such an easy prey to flattery! His desire to live up to
fisherman’s expectations made him look such a fool!
No doubt, ‘maya’ is
considered so difficult to overcome. With renewed respect for sadhan and
increased vigour, awareness and enthusiasm he decided to win over his ‘ego’. He
thanked the fisherman’s arrival for it taught him where he stood in his sadhan.
He slept over his decision.
Next day, he got up as
usual! He went to lake as usual. He got into the lake and started his penance
as usual! And fish came near him as usual!
Things returned to
their normal routine” so saying our Guru left us.
Some people had come to
visit her and she had made them wait while she attended our queries. Having
finished her job here, she left to play her part with the visitors.
We were left with the
story, our questions and our understanding.
If simple fish could
behave differently to different state of mind of that monk, then what say about
humans and Universe?
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