Mystery of Birth

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24. From this illustration, it could he seen similarly that a man veiled by

ego, pride and haughtiness, foolishly, blindly both in mind and eyes though

placed in high position and status, for acquiring worldly benefits,

pleasures, fame and honor (which are transitory illusions), drowned in the

storm of mundane world, stoops to such vicious and nefarious and wicked

acts, by destroying and distressing the innocent and weak persons without

allowing them to live in peace and comfort. In ripe time when it cannot be

tolerated by the Almighty, the egoism of a proud man meets its end.

 

To quote narrow-minded, wicked, jealous and selfish a man is, although born

for a superior magnanimous, sacred and selfless service and how he is bent

upon in such nefarious activities by his egoism, emotion with the mind set

at acquiring power, pomp fame, prosperity and false honor stoops to an act

of disgrace and disrepute brutally instead of expanding his mind with his

ideals with morals for puritv, sincerity and honesty with cherished ideals

towards the uplift of humanity, is well depicted and explained in the

following quotation.

 

An eagle, a far sighted bird (an eagle-eye) though gifted fly so high in

the sky, from such a high level, only casts its eyes on ugly, stinking

carcasses and corpses but does not set its attention on superior and good

things with its sharp eyes, thus misusing the, gifted sight, towards ugly

things instead of lofty high ideals.

 

The curiosity of the nature created by the Almighty is in that how ugly,

wicked and unwanted creatures and things are more abundantly made in the

world, than useful and good things which are comparatively far and few, is

explained by the realistic fact that in the jungles ferocious, ravaging, and

wild beasts like tiger, cheeta, jackals which live on other weak, innocent

and harmless creatures like deer, stag, hare etc. are more in number, only

to terrorise, frighten and destroy the beauty and calm of the jungle, filled

with pretty, pleasant and harmless creatures. So is the man with his

ill-got wealth and power, who destroys the weak and innocent persons.

 

These timers and cheetas etc. bring forth three or four young ones at a

time, what for, only to destroy the innocent not to speak of the pigs in

towns, bringing forth dozens at a time ugly, nasty ones - the natural

scavengers. You may see a wide contrast here that the good, pretty,

pleasing, entertaining, beautifying and useful creatures like pigeons,

peacocks, parrots etc. and the swan of course a rare specimen are not as

abundant as those unwanted ones - to make a particular mention of a

quadruped cow, worshipped as sacred and holy Kamadhenu- a most vital and

useful cow to mankind by its milk, so essential for humans, whose usefulness

is beyond description as ordained by the Lord, delivers only one calf at a

time. He or she - both equally useful for mankind.

 

To be continuted......

(Source Sai Leela Magazine January 1977)