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EXIT TO ARGUMENT – ENTER IN ADJUSTMENT

Baba said, "It is not good to dispute and argue. So don't argue, don't emulate

others. Always consider your interest and welfare" in Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch.

X.

A very very narrow bridge was improvised connecting two high mountaintops. The

bridge was like a narrow wooden plank slung across the two mountaintops and had

neither railings nor even ropes for protection. From the bridge, looking below,

long way down, ran the treacherous rapids of a mighty river meandering through

giant boulders.

One day, a mountain goat came along and wanted to go across the bridge to the

other side of the mountain. The goat started walking over the narrow bridge.

Mountain goats are sure-footed animals and are fearless mountain climbers.

At about the same time, another goat started crossing the bridge from the other

end. The two goats came face to face in the middle of the bridge. The bridge

being very narrow, the two goats could not go past one another. And there was

no way the goats could make about turns. There was absolutely no possibility

that the goats could turn back.

The second goat spoke arrogantly to the first goat: "You are obstructing my

path. Get out of my way, you silly goat! I am in a hurry to go to the other

side."

The first goat replied: "I was first to step on to the bridge and therefore I

have the right to cross the bridge first."

The second goat retorted angrily: "I am the strongest goat around. I have never

lost a fight with other goats. Look at my great big horns and think again.

Either you quickly get out of my way or else…!"

The two goats started fighting. Their horns locked and it was indeed, a strange

sight to behold. High up above on a narrow bridge two goats could not come to

terms with each other. They threw caution overboard and as a result there

ensued a battle between two fools. Both goats lost their balance and fell to

their certain deaths.

After one week, by a strange co-incidence, two other goats started crossing the

bridge from the opposite ends. One goat from this end of the bridge and the

other goat from the other end. And the two goats met in the middle of the

bridge.

The first goat spoke most politely: "I beg your pardon sir! It was too late when

I realised that you were also crossing the bridge from the other end. Anyway, I

am much younger than you are. I have been taught by my parents and by my

teachers that I must respect my elders and that we should be gentle and kind to

all creatures.

Furthermore, I remember the advice that when confronted with any problem, first

offer a prayer to the Lord and seek His guidance. Problems and solutions always

go together. Think of a bath-towel. If one end of the towel is where problems

like to reside then the other end of the towel is where solutions reside. Both

ends go together wherever the towel goes. Problems and solutions are

inseparable. One has to merely search for the solution. I must first think

about a clever solution."

The second goat said: "And what might that (solution) be?"

The first goat said: "Let me sit on this bridge with my head turned to one side

so that you can slowly and carefully step over my back and cross over. I will

then get up and be on my way."

Thus the two goats crossed the bridge safely.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

It is only the strong who can forgive. There is not an injury, which cannot be

pardoned. There is not a wrong, which cannot be forgiven. How much can you

forgive?

Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya......

Question and Answer: A question was put about a quartet of Sri Ramacharitmanas

and replied by Swamiji Maharaj purporting to point out that according to Sant

Tulsidas, devotion to God is as easy and enjoyable as taking a morsel to the

mouth and eating it. Food gives satisfaction and strength and removes hunger.

So devotion to God gives contentment and confidence and removes attachment to

the world. In the path of jnana, one has to renounce everything. In bhakti, a

devotee can progress on the spiritual path without giving up attachment - but

the attachment should be to God alone. Once you completely surrender to God, He

looks after all your needs.

Question: What is the central point of a man’s approach to life?

Answer: Everybody wants his own good which on account of ignorance turns into

his ill. The centre of man’s objectives should be good of others. A person who

does not have good of others at heart and his conduct is not according to the

precepts of Dharma, he does not deserve to be called a man. Only a man of good

conduct will work for the good of others. It is said in Uttar Kand of Manas:

parhit saris dharmanahim bhain.

(-Swami Premanandaji Saraswati )

 

 

 

 

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