Siva! Siva!
THERE was a Brahman convert to Christianity in one of the South Indian towns. He had been a Saivite before conversion, but had been a pious Christian for thirty years. At fifty, he was so imbued with the teachings of his new religion that he publicly boasted that there was nothing left of the old religion in him and challenged anybody to show him any such remnant.
A young psychologist took up the challenge. He asked the convert whether he would agree to even painful tests. The convert replied that he would agree to any test however painful. The psychologist asked the convert to shut his eyes for ten minutes which he did. Then he had red hot irons brought and branded the convert's right ioot with a red hot iron suddenly. The convert unconsciously cried out in agonizing pain, 'Siva! Siva! Siva! Siva!' as the hot iron burnt into his flesh.
'Ah,' said the psychologist triumphantly, 'the beliefs of your childhood have prevailed over the convictions of later years. You called upon Siva in your agony and not upon Christ.'
There was a king who was a follower of a Saint. Once his Guruji asked him to show his treasure.
The king felt very happy and personally went and showed Guruji each and every corner of his rich treasure.
It was a huge collection of Diamonds, Rubies and other precious stones.
The Guruji asked " How much profit you make from these stones?"
King: "Nothing. In fact I have to spend a lot on keeping a tight security around them"
Guruji: "Let me show you a stone even more precious than these."
King found a good way of spending some more time with his Guruji and started walking with him.
After a long walk, they reached near the house of an old widow. She was making flour using a grind-stone.
Guruji smiled and said to the king "This very stone makes flour for hungry people and also helps this old lady make a living. Isn't this more precious than all of your stones?"
"There is a great difference between being expensive and being useful. What you call precious is only what you believe is expensive, those stones have no value otherwise. This old rugged grind stone is helping people make a living while your stones are wasting lot of unnecessary money just on security."
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With Love,
Ganesh Baba
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