A Master should not be judged by his appearance, the clothes he wears, the number of students he has as followers, his education background or lineage. He should not be judged on the externals of life- what he owns, wears, eats or drinks. None of these things determine if he is a true master or not!
The quality which determines if he is a true/genuine master is his wisdom. He should be wise and authentic to the wisdom; does he walk the talk or simply talk the talk?
There is a beautiful story about a wise old Guru who was invited to the palace of the King for a banquet. As he approached the castle on foot, he noticed all the beautiful horse drawn carriages passing him by, containing couples in their best clothes. The guru appreciated this beauty, and continued towards the palace on foot, wearing his simple robes.
As he reached the castle, and showed his invitation, the guards at the entrance stopped him . You cannot enter they said , as you are not dressed appropriately. The guru explained who he was and that he was invited to the banquet. The guards called the Queen and she came to look at the Guru. On seeing him standing there in his gown and with no shoes on his feet, she dismissed him and told him he could not enter as he was not dressed for the occasion.
The guru turned and walked away .
Now it is said that Guru’s have amazing powers , especially when they need to teach a spiritual lesson ! The Guru decided he would manifest for himself the most beautiful clothes ever seen.
He closed his eyes and began to manifest !
When he opened his eyes he saw that he was now dressed in the finest clothes ever – they were spun out of real gold and sparkled like nothing seen before.
He approached the guards again and this time no one questioned anything at all – he was welcomed in with open arms. As he entered the banquet room, everyone turned to see the man in the beautiful clothes, no one had seen anything so beautiful before .
The queen rushed over and insisted that the man be seated next to her !
The banquet commenced and the fist course of soup was served.
Everybody started to drink their soup and make polite conversation.
The Guru took the soup on his spoon and began to tip it down his clothes……one spoon after another he tipped on his clothes .
What are you doing said the Queen- are you crazy!
I’m simply doing what is expected he said ! When I arrived at your door as a myself, you would not let me in to feed at the banquet, even though you had invited me!
Now I have created a wonderful false exterior , you welcome me in with open arms..In both of these situations I remained who I was .... so I realize it’s the clothes you appreciate, and wanted to invite to the banquet and not me, therefore I am feeding the clothes!
Reflect on the story and the lessons for our lives!
Love and gratitude
Sally
2 comments:
nice story, it reminded me of this one...
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like Mother of Pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.
He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked.
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
"Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in too?" the traveller asked.
"I'm sorry; sir, but we don't accept pets."
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road which led through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
"Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?"
"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there".
The man pointed to a place that couldn't be seen from outside the gate. "Come on in." "How about my friend here?" the traveller gestured to the dog.
"There should be a bowl by the pump."
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the bowl and took a long drink himself, and then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree waiting for them.
"What do you call this place?" the traveller asked.
"This is Heaven," he answered.
"Well, that's confusing," the traveller said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the Gold Street and pearly gates? Nope. That's Hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy that they screen out the folks who'll leave their best friends behind."
Soooo...
Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes
to us without writing a word, maybe this could explain:
When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do. You forward jokes.
When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes.
When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes.
And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get?
A forwarded joke.
So my friend, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile ,
"me"
You said , " Reflect on the story and the lessons for our lives!"
If one is or you are a master and have the wisdom to maifest for the worldly occasions as well or for any other situations and needs as well . than a master should do that to visit there and menifest for that as well... and why not.. why to live like a popper or just only having an ordinary looks , when a master can afford or manifest for to visit as required for the worldly situation/occasion .
Is it just neccesory for the masters to teach 'spiritual lessons ' every now and than thie way and impress others .Its better for the master not visit to those places and the people .
In other blogs , you both advocate to express your true self... So the true expression is to be in the appearence as well... so as to be in one's " totality " with having both ' inner and outer's wisdom.. as both are required to be a complete in one's self here on this planet .
thanks.. mukesh luthra ( www.mukeshluthra.webs.com )
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