Guest guest Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 *GO SLOW * There was a middle-class household in a small town where the wife was daily pleading with the husband to spend some little time in prayer and reverential worship of God. The husband refused to yield, for, as he said, he had no time to spare for such pastimes which are best taken up during old age, when the process of earning and spending receives a natural setback and there will be ample leisure. The pious lady could not derive any consolation from this reply. She could only wait for some more auspicious opportunity when her advice would fall on receptive ears. Meanwhile, the husband was affected by a serious illness and he was bedridden for a few weeks. The doctors advised him to take some tablets thrice a day. The wife accepted the task of administering the tablets and kept them with her; however, she did not give him even one. The husband was put out by her intransigence. He demanded the tablets, but she was firm in her resolve. In reply to his question, "Are you conspiring to kill me?" she said, "Wait, wait, why hurry to take the medicine so soon? Let the illness become more serious. Why all this haste? Go slow, go slow. There is enough time, as you said when I wanted you to pray and do * Namasmarana*." The husband realised that his stand was foolish. So, he mended his ways, and cured himself of both types of illness. *- Baba* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Sai Ram Really very nice Jai Sai Ram , "Sarika Kohli" <sarika.ko> wrote: > > *GO SLOW * > > There was a middle-class household in a small town where the wife was daily > pleading with the husband to spend some little time in prayer and > reverential worship of God. The husband refused to yield, for, as he said, he > had no time to spare for such pastimes which are best taken up during old > age, when the process of earning and spending receives a natural setback and > there will be ample leisure. The pious lady could not derive any consolation > from this reply. She could only wait for some more auspicious opportunity > when her advice would fall on receptive ears. > > Meanwhile, the husband was affected by a serious illness and he was > bedridden for a few weeks. The doctors advised him to take some tablets > thrice a day. The wife accepted the task of administering the tablets and > kept them with her; however, she did not give him even one. > > The husband was put out by her intransigence. He demanded the tablets, but > she was firm in her resolve. In reply to his question, "Are you conspiring > to kill me?" she said, "Wait, wait, why hurry to take the medicine so soon? > Let the illness become more serious. Why all this haste? Go slow, go slow. > There is enough time, as you said when I wanted you to pray and do * > Namasmarana*." The husband realised that his stand was foolish. So, he > mended his ways, and cured himself of both types of illness. > > *- Baba* > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Sai Ram, You are so much right. Most of the people think like the sick husband in the story. They think that praying GOD is "old people's business" and for youngsters, going to temple once in a while, doing a few fasts etc. is enough to keep them going. The truth is when they get old the account of bad deeds is going to be so much filled up that even if they keep praying incessantly till the end of their life they will never be able to make up for that. They will have to keep coming again and again to this world to make up for that. Again, this praying that they will do in their old age is all going to be mechanical praying so, it won't make much difference. I find it difficult to understand how people try to change gears in their old age. All of a sudden they start visiting temple more frequently and going for bhajans and pilgrimages to as many places as they can before their physical abilities start limiting them. The kind of prayers that our Swami asks us to do are different. It is the same chanting the name of GOD but, it demands more involvement from within rather than just sitting and chanting the name of GOD Getting involved from within is the difficult part to practice and make others understand. As I meet more people in life I have started understanding that there is no point explaining this to anybody. They cannot understand this untill they have understood "Ceiling on Desires". This understanding comes only at the right time which Swami has decided. It is so much a fact that we all do bad deeds everyday, which according to our limited understanding are not bad deeds but, as per Swami's teachings they could count towards our account of bad deeds. No body is an exception to these bad deeds. It's already too late so, better to start as soon as possible. SaiRam!!! Swamy Mahadevan <mahadevanvnswamy > wrote: Sai Ram Really very nice Jai Sai Ram , "Sarika Kohli" <sarika.ko wrote: > > *GO SLOW * > > There was a middle-class household in a small town where the wife was daily > pleading with the husband to spend some little time in prayer and > reverential worship of God. The husband refused to yield, for, as he said, he > had no time to spare for such pastimes which are best taken up during old > age, when the process of earning and spending receives a natural setback and > there will be ample leisure. The pious lady could not derive any consolation > from this reply. She could only wait for some more auspicious opportunity > when her advice would fall on receptive ears. > > Meanwhile, the husband was affected by a serious illness and he was > bedridden for a few weeks. The doctors advised him to take some tablets > thrice a day. The wife accepted the task of administering the tablets and > kept them with her; however, she did not give him even one. > > The husband was put out by her intransigence. He demanded the tablets, but > she was firm in her resolve. In reply to his question, "Are you conspiring > to kill me?" she said, "Wait, wait, why hurry to take the medicine so soon? > Let the illness become more serious. Why all this haste? Go slow, go slow. > There is enough time, as you said when I wanted you to pray and do * > Namasmarana*." The husband realised that his stand was foolish. So, he > mended his ways, and cured himself of both types of illness. > > *- Baba* > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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