Guest guest Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Dear Sai Devotees, In this week's eChat, we will read about discovering ourselves........... ------------------------ There once were ten boys who lived and studied with their teacher in a gurukulam. One day, their guru sent them out on a journey, instructing the oldest boy to look after the safety of the others. They traveled through forests and fields, crossing several shallow streams. One stream was too deep to wade across. One by one, they each swam to the other side. On the far side, the oldest boy wanted to be certain that all had crossed safely. He asked the others to stand in a line so he could count them. He counted out loud, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine..." He paused, and then in confusion he exclaimed, "There were ten of us! Where is the tenth boy?" Having failed to count himself, the oldest boy set out to find the missing classmate. He looked in the forests and fields on both sides of the river. He looked upstream and downstream, but nowhere could he find the lost boy. Obviously, he would never find his missing classmate because he was looking in the wrong place. He was looking for himself! His search was based upon the wrong conclusion that the missing boy was out there somewhere. But the lost boy would be found only when he recognized that he himself was the one he is searching for. --------------- Many times, we fall into the same trap.............while looking for God, we look everywhere else but looking within! OM SAI RAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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