HELP NEVER COMES ON ITS OWN

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“It is only when a Helper, i.e., Guru comes and by God's grace opens their eyes

and liberates them from their bondage.” Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch. XXIII.

 

Four animals — a wildcat, a mongoose, a mouse and an owl — had made their home

in a huge Banyan tree in the country of Videsha.

 

The mouse and the mongoose lived at the foot of the tree in two different holes.

The cat lived in a large hole halfway up the tree and the owl lived in the

branches.

 

The cat feared of its neighbours and moved about fearlessly. The owl and the

mongoose were afraid of the cat and kept a safe distance from it. The mouse

lived in mortal dread of all three neighbours.

 

One day the cat was caught in a trap laid by a hunter. Its three neighbours

watched with glee as it struggled to get out of the net in which it had been

ensnared. They knew it was a hopeless task. Soon the hunter would come and they

would be rid of their enemy forever. The rat's joy, however, was short-lived

because even as it watched the cat struggle, it became aware that the mongoose

was moving menacingly towards it. Looking up, it saw that the owl too was

getting ready to swoop down. The rat realised that it was in grave danger and

that the only one who could save it was its archenemy, the cat.

 

It leaped on the net in which the cat was caught and began nibbling at it.

Within a short time it had made a hole big enough for the cat to squeeze

through. Seeing the cat come out, the owl and the mongoose fled.

 

The rat too ran away. It knew it could not expect any gratitude from the cat.

 

Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya…

 

Every week brings to us 10,080 minutes. That is our capital. How shall we use it

to get the utmost benefit?

 

It is good to know many things. But it is always better to make good use of whatever little we know

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