Coin in the mud

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But, this thing wouldn’t happen henceforth. God bless the person who put stone in the path and which hurt him. He realized the truth. He would walk with head bent from that day onwards. 

He missed the blooming of flowers and the fall of leaves. 

 

He didn’t see the smiles of children nor did their laughter reach his ears. 

 

His whole concentration was only on finding the coins in the mud. His disappointment knew no bounds when he didn’t find any. He would come home irritated, vexed, feeling cheated and tired. His health started failing and suffering mounted.

 

One day he was sitting on the park bench, head bent heaving heavily. A kid came to him and said “uncle, look up, there’s rainbow up there” and started clapping hands. Our old man looked up to notice the rainbow. He had seen it after a long time. 

 

He smiled – after a long time. He found lots of kids clapping hands pointing at rainbow. He looked at their smiling faces and lost himself. When it was time for him to leave, he saw flowers in full bloom. His heart leapt up in joy. God, how much he had missed all these sights and sounds all these days – all for just Rs. 5/- coin. He laughed at his stupidity. How could he and why did he trade joy worth millions with that coin in mud?

 

From that day onwards, he started once again walking with head up and by enjoying the God’s creation. His health picked up and smile returned to his lips” she concluded the story and left us.

 

We were left dazzled. How stupid of us to stick to one experience and log on to that through every event of our life. ‘Everything changes’ applies to these insights and experiences too. “However good be an experience, enjoy it but move on” she had said so many times. And yet here we were stuck to one event and let that blind us to other insights and experiences which we could’ve had in the past few days.

 

Yes, it was good to have some good experience but to be stuck to it, awed by it was sheer stupidity. Move on should be our watch word and action word too!

 

I laughed at my dumbness and thanked her for waking me up to reality. Am I glad she’s there to give me these jolts?

 

We all looked at each other. This time we didn’t have to talk to each other to know what the other was thinking. We were all thinking the same. Let’s drop our past experience and move on and what better way than sit in meditation for that? And we all sat in meditation without exchanging another word.

 

We opened our eyes only to drink tea or have lunch. Not a word was spoken by anyone today. Strange yet it was comforting! We were ok with it.

 

And late night we left her place in silence…..for once we gained in silence. What we couldn’t say but she gave in silence too that we experienced today. We hardly spoke yet were more close than ever, more connected than ever. I think best communication happens in silence and I smiled at this thought as I walked in moonlight away from her place…….

 

Coin in the mud

Me, My Guru

Coin in the mud

I was highly excited since two days. Last 10 days I’ve been, like our group was working on couple of her statements and I came out with lots of examples, insights, understanding. Hence, I was excited to share with ‘Her’ and all others today at our meet. I knew they too would pour out their experiences and today would be a blast. Just this thought gave me a high that I couldn’t describe. I was literally giggling as I open the gate of ‘our place’. When her place became ‘our place’ we didn’t remember but we often referred to as ‘our place’ of late!

 

She was sitting under peepul tree and others on the ground. Ofcourse, they had spread few carpets on the grass. I joined all others. She was on phone and we snatched those moments to exchange pleasantries.

 

The moment she was off the phone, we started off with our experiences and understanding, she listened attentively. Not a word escaped her lips which were smiling all through. When we completed our talk and explanations, Priay asked “So, what do you think of our insights?”

“An old man” she started “would go for walk daily. He enjoyed his walks. He would look at flowers, smile at kids, waved at his acquaintances. He always felt refreshed after such walks. One day he hurt his leg with a stone on the pat. His wife shouted at him and said “That’s why I ask you to look down while walking”. That day he felt she had a point and started looking down while walking and lo he found Rs.5/- coin in the mud. He was highly excited and happy. 

 

Now, he became more conscious of walking with head bent. He felt bad for all the coins that he had missed all these years. He felt jealous of people who got it. He looked around and he felt that he was surrounded by thieves.  “How could someone take others’ money lying in the mud just like that” he thought. Honesty was a dead thing in people. The ice-cream that Mr. Khanna purchased daily could’ve been with such Rs.5- coins that he got daily. What a cheat! He felt bad the he was friends with such people with all these years.

 

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Me, My Guru - On honesty!

Me, My Guru - On honesty!

“Once upon a time, when it hardly mattered ‘when’ there was a king ruling a certain kingdom since certain period of time. Since he didn’t have any heir, his councilors and his subjects were worried a bit. Thinking about his issue, the king came upon an Idea. He had it declared “Our king would distribute seeds tomorrow at the palace. All the children desirous of becoming king can come and taken one of those seeds. At the end of the year, the yield of each child would be verified and the one with best yield will become the king”.

Hearing the announcement all parents forced their children to participate in this ‘competition’. Now in this city was a very poor boy named ‘Bholu’ who too was eager to become a king and give his mother and sisters a good life.

At the appointed time all the children assembled at the palace. The king personally met and gave one seed to each and every kid who had come for the same. The date on which children were to come back with their plant was announced. Everyone left the palace happy and excited. His courtiers and his subject were confused as to how he would select ‘the king’ with this act. The king didn’t disclose his thought or idea to anyone.

Days passed and nothing happened to Bholu’s seed. It didn’t sprout. He looked at others plants. They had sprouted and looked good. His mother encouraged him to do the needful and then let the seed decide when to grow. Weeks passed. Yet nothing happened. Bholu watered the plant regularly. He gave it enough sunlight and yet...other kinds showed off their plants. They were growing good. Bholu was saddened but he didn’t lose hope. He kept up is work and yet even when weeks turned to months, nothing happened.

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Reflections – on walking

 

Reflections – on walking

One day I realized my walking speed had increased. I was elated. I was smiling to glory. I crossed couple of ladies walking ahead of me.

After sometime couple of men overtook me. I kept walking.

I covered more distance than usual in the given time. I was happy…

Now what does this tell?

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