Amma ~ Character Affects The World

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I am rereading " Awaken Children " Vol 2 and came across this on p 299

 

Question: How polluted the world has become! How is it possible to

correct this situation?

 

Amma: The nature of the things in the world will be in accordance with

our actions. A king was separated from the rest of his party when he

went hunting in the forest. As he was walking, tired and weary due to

hunger, he saw some forest dwellers. He asked them, " Which fruit is

good to eat? " They replied, " Any fruit in this forest is good to eat.

Even naturally bitter fruits are sweet here. " The king was astounded

and enquired as to how it could be so. They said, " The king who rules

this country is a repository of good qualities. Therefore, the

subjects are good-natured. Maybe it is be¬cause there is no one evil

in the country that the trees give sweet fruits only. Nature is

pleased with the good acts and qualities of the king and his

subjects. " The forest dwellers did not know that it was the king

himself who was standing in front of them. Even so, they received him

in a respectful way.

 

It was as an egoistic person that the king returned to his city. He

was inflated with ego thinking that because of his greatness, even

bitter fruits had become sweet. As a result, he started doing

unrighteous actions. Later the king once again went to the forest. The

forest dwellers saw him as he was about to eat some fruit and said,

" Everything is spoiled due to the evil rule of the king of this

country. Due to his wicked behavior, the subjects also are acting in

an evil way and Nature has become displeased. None of the fruits here

are good to eat. " The king was shocked and returned home thinking

about all his evil actions with repentance.

 

Our character will be the cause of both good and evil in the world.

Knowing that, you should live cautiously. The actions of human beings

are the basis of Nature's goodness.