Spirituality-Blind faith is no faith
>> Saturday, November 13, 2010
Once upon a time there was this boy old enough to be sent to a Guru’s Ashram for training and studies. The boy’s father told him at the time of departure: “Always remember one thing son, ‘Guru devo bhava’, meaning, your Guru or your teacher is like God.” The boy took his father’s words to heart.
One day at the Ashram, Guruji said in his preaching to his disciples: “There is God in every creature (sarvam khalu idum brahma).” He elaborated this line in detail in his sermon of that day. This particular disciple grasped every thing that Guruji said, determined to follow his Guruji’s dictates.
The next day Guruji sent him on some errand in the nearby town. The boy, on his way to the town, kept bowing to everyone he met on the way, be it a man, woman, child, animal - whoever, considering ‘there is God in every creature.’ As luck would have it, a wild bull got loose somehow, ran after everyone injuring some and created panic in the town. Everyone tried to get out of the bull’s way to a safe place, but not our disciple. Some people saw the disciple right in the middle of the bull’s path and shouted at him to move away. The disciple was unafraid and kept chanting ‘sarvam khalu idum brahma’. A brave man, seeing this young sadhu in danger, came to his rescue. But our disciple shooed him away. As the bull came near, the disciple turned to it and bowed, only to be taken by its horns and flung far away, a few of his ribs broken. Some people took him back to his Ashram.
Later, the disciple, hurt more mentally than physically that his Guruji was wrong, asked dejectedly: “Guruji, if that bull had God in him, why did he fling me in the air?”
Guruji said: “You are right. That bull had and has God in him. But so does that brave man who came to your rescue. In fact, God sent him to your rescue. Why didn’t you hear to the God in that man?”
YOU HAVE TO ADJUST AND INTERPRET YOUR BELIEFS ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES.
One day at the Ashram, Guruji said in his preaching to his disciples: “There is God in every creature (sarvam khalu idum brahma).” He elaborated this line in detail in his sermon of that day. This particular disciple grasped every thing that Guruji said, determined to follow his Guruji’s dictates.
The next day Guruji sent him on some errand in the nearby town. The boy, on his way to the town, kept bowing to everyone he met on the way, be it a man, woman, child, animal - whoever, considering ‘there is God in every creature.’ As luck would have it, a wild bull got loose somehow, ran after everyone injuring some and created panic in the town. Everyone tried to get out of the bull’s way to a safe place, but not our disciple. Some people saw the disciple right in the middle of the bull’s path and shouted at him to move away. The disciple was unafraid and kept chanting ‘sarvam khalu idum brahma’. A brave man, seeing this young sadhu in danger, came to his rescue. But our disciple shooed him away. As the bull came near, the disciple turned to it and bowed, only to be taken by its horns and flung far away, a few of his ribs broken. Some people took him back to his Ashram.
Later, the disciple, hurt more mentally than physically that his Guruji was wrong, asked dejectedly: “Guruji, if that bull had God in him, why did he fling me in the air?”
Guruji said: “You are right. That bull had and has God in him. But so does that brave man who came to your rescue. In fact, God sent him to your rescue. Why didn’t you hear to the God in that man?”
YOU HAVE TO ADJUST AND INTERPRET YOUR BELIEFS ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES.
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