The Monkey's Pot

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There are many people who do not realise the value of time. They spend so much time in fulfilling their worldly desires that they have very little time left to do good things. They are willing to spend days, weeks and even months on satisfying some foolish desire of theirs, but they say that they have no time for good things. If someone asks you to participate in sathsanga(spiritual company) for

even half an hour, you say that you have no time, but you do not hesitate to spend several hours either in a club or with some other way. In a house, if someone suggests that you should do abhishekamto a Saligram(a sacred vedic ritual) with a little water, you say that there is no time. Your misfortune is such that

on the contrary, you spend gallons of water cleaning a buffalo or some animal like that. For good things, you have neither time nor energy. Man is not able to determine what is wrong and what is right, and this is the reason why we have landed ourselves in this mess. Therefore we must make a sincere attempt to distinguish truth from untruth. We must realise the

omnipresence of God. This will make our lives happy and purposeful. On the other hand, people go on complaining of family difficulties and professional problems which prevent them from their participating in sathsanga. We have to make an enquiry and see if such responsibilities are really tying a person down or is he using them only as an excuse for tying himself down. There is a small example for this. In our country, there is a peculiar method of trapping monkeys. This process consists of bringing a big pot with a small mouth and putting some material which is attractive to the monkey inside that pot. The monkey will put its hand inside the pot and catch hold of a handful of that material. It will then not be able to pull out its hand from within the pot. It will imagine that someone inside the pot is holding its hand. Then, it makes an attempt to run away along with the pot; but the monkey is thus trapped. No one is holding the monkey. The monkey got trapped by itself, because it has taken in its hand such a lot of material. The moment it lets

the material in its hand go, it will be free. In the same manner, in this big pot of the world with a narrow mouth of the family, man is tempted by the pleasures of the world and when he gets lost with involvement in those pleasures, he thinks that someone or something is binding him down. No other person is responsible for this bondage. The moment he gives up the pleasures and detaches himself, he will be free.

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sai ram A good message-- he thinks that someone or something is binding him down. No other person is responsible for this bondage. The moment he gives up the pleasures and detaches himself, he will be free. sai ramSwamy Mahadevan <mahadevanvnswamy wrote: There are many people who do not realise the value of time. They spend so much time in fulfilling their worldly desires that they have very little time left to do good things. They are willing to spend days, weeks and even months on satisfying some foolish desire of theirs, but they say that they have no time for good things. If someone asks you to participate in sathsanga(spiritual company) for even half an hour, you say that you have no time, but you do not hesitate to spend several hours either in a club

or with some other way. In a house, if someone suggests that you should do abhishekamto a Saligram(a sacred vedic ritual) with a little water, you say that there is no time. Your misfortune is such that on the contrary, you spend gallons of water cleaning a buffalo or some animal like that. For good things, you have neither time nor energy. Man is not able to determine what is wrong and what is right, and this is the reason why we have landed ourselves in this mess. Therefore we must make a sincere attempt to distinguish truth from untruth. We must realise the omnipresence of God. This will make our lives happy and purposeful. On the other hand, people go on complaining of family difficulties and professional problems which prevent them from their participating in sathsanga. We have to make an enquiry and see if such responsibilities are really tying a person down or is he using them only as an excuse for tying himself down. There is a small example for this. In our country, there is a peculiar method of trapping monkeys. This process consists of bringing a big pot with a small mouth and putting some material which is attractive to the monkey inside that pot. The monkey will put its hand inside the pot and catch hold of a handful of that material. It

will then not be able to pull out its hand from within the pot. It will imagine that someone inside the pot is holding its hand. Then, it makes an attempt to run away along with the pot; but the monkey is thus trapped. No one is holding the monkey. The monkey got trapped by itself, because it has taken in its hand such a lot of material. The moment it lets the material in its hand go, it will be free. In the same manner, in this big pot of the world with a narrow mouth of the family, man is tempted by the pleasures of the world and when he gets lost with involvement in those pleasures, he thinks that someone or something is binding him down. No other person is responsible for this bondage. The moment he gives up the pleasures and detaches himself, he will be free. Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now

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