Struggling Father desirous to see his Son - 46
My Dearest Beta Shanu,
How are you Shanu beta? Did you understood the moral and lessons from the previous story. Today I’m narrating another story and will try to quote some lessons and teachings in the form of stories based on old Vedic fables and translated from ancient manuscripts. Today’s story also has been taken from Brahmavarchas and translated by Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya. So lets start now and go straight to the story so that you can have some fun.
Enjoy and learn and spread the learning from the story.
Here is the story:
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On the bank of the river there lived an old Saint. He was very gentle and helping in nature. He felt very sad when he saw someone suffering. He never harmed anyone. Nor did he speak ill of others.
The Saint was extremely polite and soft spoken. He never got angry even when someone criticized him or spoke to him harshly. The Saint also did not accept anything, which belonged to other persons.
Such good habits had made the mind of the Saint very pure. God had given him supernatural powers. People came to him from far and near asking for many favors. He prayed for them so that their wishes are fulfilled.
God bestows supernatural talents upon such persons who are pure in mind and never think of harming others. Millions of people around the world pray daily to God asking for something or the other but God answers to prayers expressed thru heart and with pure mind. If one desires to have the God’s grace for something, one has to develop the purity of thoughts, words and deeds. On the other hand, if one is cunning and has a habit of lying, God considers his prayers also as a lie. Prayers of liars and wicked and selfish persons do not yield results.
God also gives extraordinary powers to people who help others. If one sincerely prays for helping others without any selfish personal interest, God immediately sends help in some way. HE removes the difficulties faced by one who helps others and also inspires many other persons to work with him.
If the devotee has a pure mind and loves everyone, God makes his wishes come true. When a person loves everyone, speaks kindly, politely, and sweetly to everyone, never harms anyone and works for the welfare of the others, God gives that person supernatural powers. Only such person is regarded as the true devotee by God. Whenever true devotee wishes, God makes it happen.
Coming back to the story: One day when Saint was taking bath in the river near his hut, he saw a small mice drowning in the river. Mice couldn’t swim. It was weeping and praying to God to save it from death. Since the mice was praying with a pure heart, God heard its prayers and decided to help thru a devotee.
The Saint heard the wailing of the drowning mice.
Driven by the pity, he gently took the mice out of the water and brought it to his hermitage.
Under the regular care of Saint the mice grew up to become an adult mouse. The Saint named it Mickey. Mickey became so much attached to the Saint that it followed him everywhere.
Now Saint thought of finding a home for Mickey. Mickey said,”Sir I can’t live alone. During the night when I am lonely in the hole of my residence, I feel scared. Fear keeps me awake throughout night.”
The Saint said, “What do you fear? You should never be afraid of anything. You must have faith in God who has created you. You cannot see God, but HE is everywhere to protect you. HE protects everyone. Did’nt HE sent me to save me you when you were drowning in the river?”
Mickey said , “Sir, I can’t see God. You have saved me. Therefore, I feel protected where I find you near me. I wish that someone who I can see and who is as strong as you, to be always near me.”
The Saint smiled and said,”I spend lot of my time in prayers and meditation. Therefore I can’t remain by your side. However I can pray to God to provide you the company of someone who is strong and powerful.”
Mickey said, “Sir! If you cannot give me the company all the time, please find someone as powerful as you are to protect me.”
The Saint replied, “ Very well! I will pray to God to send someone to protect you. When I find one who is strong and powerful, I will call you. But you will have to make a choice and tell me who you would like to have for your company?”
Next morning at sunrise, the Saint called Mickey. Pointing at the sun, he said, “Would you like to have sun as your protector?”
Sun is the most powerful. Without the light, heat and energy of the sun, nothing on the earth can survive. If the sun was not there, no plant could grow. In absence of the sun all insects, birds, animals and human beings will have nothing to eat. They will die of hunger. The sun rays also protect everyone from disease. If there were no Sun, all of them will become sick and die.
The energy of the sun gives strength to the body and mind of all living things. That is why; God has made the arrangement of alternate day and night. During the day, all living beings draw in energy from sun for physical and mental strength for working. The nights are meant for physical rest. Those who sleep during the day after the sunrise cannot become strong and wise.
At dawn, the sun rays transmit special energy. That is why it is said, “ Early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise. Only a healthy person can become wealthy and wise. The sun is so powerful. Would you like to have sun as your friend?”
Mickey said, “No, sir! Sun is too hot. It is a ball of fire. When the sun is there I will feel very uncomfortable. It is so hot that, I have to find a shade. How can I stay near the sun? I want someone for company who is cool. Who can also save me from heat.”
On the next day there was cloud in the sky. The Saint called the mouse and said, “ Look up the sky. The cloud has covered the sun. It is not permitting the heat of the sun to reach the earth. Isn’t the cloud more powerful than the sun? What about having the cloud as your companion?”
Mickey asked, “ How did the cloud appear? It was not there yesterday.”
The saint replied,” When the rays of the sun fall on well, ponds, lakes, rivers, and seas on the earth, the water gets heated up and is changed into steam. The steam rises up and up in the air towards the sky. High up in the air, the drops of water in the steam collect up as cloud.
When the weather up there in the sky becomes cool, the water vapors in the cloud change back into drops of water. These fall down on earth as cool rain and snow. Would you like the cloud to stay with you? It will protect you from heat of sun and also provide you water when you become thirsty.”
But Mickey was not satisfied.
He said, “Sir! It is true that the cloud will keep me cool and save me from the heat of sun and give me water, but it will also make me wet. It will bring down rains and make me wet. The snow will make me cold. I would require air to dry me up. Therefore please find a friend who is more powerful than the sun and the cloud.”
After few days the saint again called Mickey. It was a cool windy day. The wind was blowing fast. Trees were swaying back and forth because of the force of the wind. It had also uprooted many trees.
The sadhu said, “Look Mickey! The wind is so powerful; it is moving everything with it. The wind has also chased the cloud away. Would you like to have wind for the company?”
Mickey said,” The wind is very strong but, wind also creates dust storms and snow storms. During the dust storm the dust gets into my eyes and I cannot see. When there is snow storm, I’m afraid of getting buried into the snow. Therefore I need someone who is more powerful than the sun, wind, and the cloud.”
The Sadhu said, “ I will tell you who protects you from the heat, rain, snow, dust and wind. Please show me the place where you live.”
Mickey asked the Sadhu to accompany him to his rat hole, which was his residence. Reaching there he said,” Is it not the place where you are safe from heat, cold, rain, snow and wind? God has provided you with this safe, comfortable place for living right from the day you were born. Here you don’t have to bear the heat of the sun, rain, snow or cold during the winter or dust storm from the wind.”
When God creates a living being, he also makes a provision for its food and protection beforehand.
If you have faith in God and do not harm anyone or destroy any natural thing made by God, you will not have anything to fear. God will always protect you wherever you are.
Fear is always due to ignorance. You feel afraid when you do not know the reality of the things. A rope in the darkness looks like a snake. The shape of the moving bush in the dark look appears like a ghost.
A faith in God removes your ignorance. It makes you see the reality of things. Try to protect everything created by God. Always remember HE is always near you.
So dearest beta below are the moral of the story:
1) Fear is always because of ignorance.
2) Early to bed and early to rise makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
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As always your image stays with me and motivates me towards truth and justice and service. I’m and will always pray for your health and values. May Lord bless you and be with you always. May Goddess Gayatri shower values and virtues on you, May lord Vishnu be with you and provide bliss to you, May Lord Shiva protect you. I pray, my dearest and lovely son.
Om!
Your Father
Ravi
