HOW TO OVERCOME TENSIONS AND HAVE PEACE OF MIND - 2

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HOW TO OVERCOME TENSIONS AND HAVE PEACE OF MIND - 2

 

If you analyze the situation, you will find that ultimately all the burden is

borne by the Lord, not merely the burden of our individual lives or the

nations, not merely the burden of the earth or the solar system, but the burden

of all the universes, the galaxies and nebulae, huge star systems in the making,

the entire burden is ultimately borne by the Lord. How foolish of us, then, to

be carrying our little burdens on our weak shoulders!

 

There is an amusing little story told us concerning a villager, who travelled by

the railway train for the first time. When he purchased his ticket, he was told

that he would be allowed to carry only 20 kilos of luggage. He had himself with

30 kilos. What did he do? Part of the luggage, which weighed 20 kilos, he kept

on the floor of the compartment, and the balance he carried on his head. There

he sat on the bench in the railway compartment, bearing 10 kilos on his head.

After sometime, the T.T.E. (the travelling ticket examiner) entered the

compartment and was surprised to find the villager carrying load on his head.

Asked the reason, the villager said: “Sir! I am permitted to carry only 20

kilos: that much luggage I have kept on the floor, the remaining 10 kilos I am

carrying on my head!” The T.T.E was amused. He said to the villager: “Don’t you

know that you and your entire luggage are

being pulled by the railway engine? Whether you keep the luggage on the floor or

carry it on your head, the burden is ultimately borne by the engine. You will

have to pay for the excess 10 kilos of luggage!”

 

I am afraid many of us, in daily life, behave like the villager. We keep on

carrying our little burdens on our shoulders, when we know that the entire

burdens on our shoulders, when we know that the entire burden of the entire

universe is being borne by the Lord. So let me say this to you, today: “Cast

all your cares upon the Lord! Throw all your burdens at His Lotus Feet. And

feel for once the joy of living!”

 

We pray everyday: “Thou art my father, Thou my mother art: I am thy child!” Have

you ever seen a child carrying the burden of anxiety or worry? The child is

care-free. He is free from all anxiety. We pray to God that we are His

children. We live as anything but children. We do not claim our heritage as

children of God.

 

-to be continued

(Author: Sri J P Vaswani)

 

TAMASO MA JYOTIRGAMAYA….

 

Time belongs to God. He has loaned it to us. Let us use every minute – every

moment – in the best way we can.

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