Fwd: The diamond necklace

[Guest guest]

 

" Ajeet K Mall " <ajeetmall

 

Date:

Thu Jan 3, 2008 10:47 am

Subject:

The Diamond Necklace

 

 

 

 

 

Once

there was a businessman who had presented his daughter with a beautiful

diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and the police searched

everywhere but could not find it. The businessman then requested the

public to search for it and announced a big reward for anyone who found

it.

 

One

day a clerk was walking home along a river near an industrial area.

This river was much polluted, filthy and smelt foul. As he was walking,

the clerk saw something shining in the river and when he looked closer,

he saw the diamond necklace. He put his hand in the filthy, dirty river

and grabbed at the necklace, but some how missed it. He took his hand

out and looked again and the necklace was still there. He tried again,

this time he stepped into the river and dirtied his pants in the filthy

river and put his whole arm in to grab the necklace. But strangely, he

still missed the necklace! He came out and started walking away,

feeling depressed. Then he saw the necklace again, right there. This

time he was determined to get it, no matter what. He decided to plunge

into the river, although it was a disgusting thing to do as the river

was polluted, and his whole body would become dirty. He plunged in, and

searched everywhere for the necklace and yet he failed. This time he

was really bewildered and came out feeling very sad that he could not

get the necklace that would get him the reward.

 

Just

then a saint who was walking by, saw him, and asked him what the matter

was. The clerk didn't want to share the secret with the saint, thinking

the saint might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell

the saint anything. But the saint could see this man was troubled and

being compassionate, again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and

promised that he would not inform anyone about it. The clerk mustered

some courage and decided to put some faith in the saint. He told the

saint about the necklace and his many failed attempts to get it. The

saint then told him that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward

the branches of the tree, instead of in the filthy river. The clerk

looked up and sure enough, the necklace was dangling on the branch of a

tree. He had been trying to capture a mere reflection of the real

necklace all this time.

 

This

material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The material

world is but a shadow of reality. In the shadow there is no reality or

substantiality, but from the shadow we can understand that there are

substance and reality. Material happiness is just like the filthy,

polluted river; because it is a mere reflection of the true happiness

in the spiritual world. We can never achieve the happiness we are

looking for no matter how hard we endeavour in material life. Instead

we should look toward Lord Krishna, who is the source of real

happiness, and stop chasing after the perverted reflection of this

happiness in the material world.

----

There is a banyan tree which has

its roots upward and its branches down. The branches of this tree extend

downward and upward, nourished by the three modes of material nature.

The twigs are the objects of the senses. This tree also has roots going

down, and these are bound to the fruitive actions of human society. The

real form of this tree cannot be perceived in the material world. No one

can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation

is. ~ Lord Krishna [bg 15.1-2]

Venkat

 

http://sanatanavenkat.blogspot.com

http://bharataagamas.blogspot.com

gita_dharshan (Gita study group)

 

 

 

 

Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to

http://help./l/in//mail/mail/tools/tools-08.html