The press people poured into that tiny village. Top cops visited the village. The police acted swiftly. Police dogs were pressed into service. After all, the murder of a saint, in who people had immense faith. Even in his murder, there was no dearth of speculations.
It took the cops hardly a day to capture the culprits.
The press briefing reads as follows:
Two men from a nearby village heard of this saint that he had supernatural and spiritual powers. Also that he knew alchemy by which iron can be turned into gold.
They brought some bananas, flowers and such objects used in worship. They kept a watch and identified a time when the saint was all alone.
The previous night they visited along with the fruits & Flowers and woke the sleeping saint. The offered the fruit which the saint ate. Then they displayed the Crowbar they brought along and requested the saint to turn it into a Gold bar.
The saint looked at the crow bar for a long time and did nothing more. The twosome pleaded with the saint. They grew desperate with the passage of time. In another hour, the sun will rise.
One of the two became angry and knocked the saint with the crowbar. The saint collapsed on the floor in a pool of blood. Not knowing what to do, they left everything behind and ran away. The police dog could locate them in a nearby jungle.
Those arrested is taken into judicial custody.
On the following day, the body of the slain old peasant sent for postmortem was received and buried by the villagers.
The story ends here.
The poor and mentally deranged peasant enjoyed his life for some time on the assumption that he was some notion that was not his. The same wrong notion was responsible for his miserable end too.
The lesson is that, do not accept an honor or title that you do not deserve.
Theme: Be a Roman in Rome
Know this:
(1) we move out of our birth place to other cities and countries, seeking prosperity.
(2) History has shown The Jews in Germany, The north Indians in Mumbai, Indians in Australia are targeted and attacked by locals
(3) when you live in an alien society, you should merge in that society unidentifiably. You should become one with the native society both culturally or economically.
(4) You should not see as a threat to their survival, economic freedom and their cultural identity.
(5) You might observe that, in every region in India there are people who originally belonged to different regions, living for centuries harmoniously. Their success can be traced to their seamless connectivity with the rest of the society.
Theme: There is no need to be scared about poverty.
Know this:
(1) there are poorer in the world than those who have any reasonable means to live.
(2) A rapid transition from affluence to poverty is painful.
(3) A rapid transition from poverty to
affluence ruins the entire family.
(4) Money is a power. Any power when not trained to handle it properly would destroy those who handle it.
(5) Saints embrace poverty, by understanding the virtues in it.
Theme: There is no need to be scared about poverty. Short story 19. Sports Reporter interviews the God.
This is one of the old interviews from the file. The Sports Magazine, Sports Unlimited, deputes its senior reporter on an assignment to Bangalore. The reporter from Chennai travels by train to Bangalore.
He would be interviewing Indian cricket players after they lost to Bangladesh in the World Cup. Expecting brickbats, the players landed in Bangalore secretly.
After a visiting a couple of venues to interview VIPs, on the hectic afternoon, he boards the AC coach. It was just a couple of minutes he boarded, he slept off.
Suddenly, someone wakes him up and points out to him that he is in the wrong seat. He could not believe his eyes, for the person who woke him is none else than GOD himself!
He immediately reaches out to get his pad and pen and starts the interview with HIM.
Reporter: I am a reporter from a popular Tamil sports magazine. There is no secret that publishing interview with you will benefit my magazine, me and the people, I humbly request….....
God: You want to interview me... No problem. Proceed.
Reporter: Thank you, thank you, thank you
God.
People say that, no one in the society cares anyone who do not possess considerable wealth, God included. How far is this true?
God: This is the imagination of rich people who see their strength only in their wealth. You will stand clarified at the end of this interview, next….
Reporter: Why have you created people as poor, rich, good and bad? You could have created only good people who will not sin against you or one another?
God: The differences are not my idea. None of my creations want the same oldmonotonous stuff. We oblige our creations with what they
seek to get.
Some need position, most people possessions. Very few seek good health. Still a small number seeks knowledge. Insignificant number of people seeks to come back to me and live with me for ever.
Many are confused as to what they want. Whatever they sought and I give. But yet, that doesn’t satisfyany of them, anyway. I am helpless!
God continues, ”Even every Indian TV & radio programs deliver their listeners their choice. The song what they what they want to listen... Why not me”?
“It is the duty of the Creator to provide what the living creatures want. I am also like the cinema directors and producers” explained God. “If a movie clicks and subsequent movies are made on the same theme, don’t the people reject them”?
“Life would turn monotonous if only good people live in a society. The life would be horrible to have every one, ill-minded. A mix of their numbers makes the life interesting”.
“Do you produce movies only with heroes? You have a hero, a villain, a heroine, fighting scene, a few songs, and love scenes. It is just that. What I am doing your film producers
also doing the same”.
It is important that the stories also change with time, to keep the tempo of life.
Reporter: God, your example of the cinema was excellent! I now clearly understand that your descending on to the earth only to watch our movies!!
“But, dear God, people might be interested to know, what is your reaction when they call you a sadist. Majority of the people are poor? Only the poor are affected by nature’s fury. Rich people getting richer with time and lead a good life always. Nature and its fury doesnot show its ugly face to them.”
(Reporter was sure, God is now trapped).
God: “Hey... Man, realize this”. “Whatever you perceive is false and what you conclude, is totally wrong”.
“Those who imagine that money alone can enable one to lead a good life, get wealth”.
“Those who did not seek wealth but sought to lead a sensible, caring, healthy and enjoyable life, got want they wanted but you ignorant guys call them poor”.
For all that I am a friend of the poor, myself. Don’t you know the place I reside? You can see me when the poor smiles.
Reporter: “How is that, affluence is painful
situation and poverty a joyous situation”?
God: Poor need to work hard. Those who do physical labor keep the best of health. So poverty is a container which holds sound health. No disease would ever care to come near a poor.
The rich, on the other hand, leads a life of luxury and is a moving Storehouse of diseases. The pristine life guarantees them only diseases of every kind.
Rich in the society have no true friends. Accumulating wealth they attract more enemies and detractors.
Now, tell me my dear reporter, what you want to be in life, rich or poor.
Reporter: Mister God! I have not come across even a politician so smart that you are.
It’s ok. Let me ask you a pointed quested. Are you per
sonally rich or poor?
God: It depends on how any person perceives me.
While every rich person treat me as though they treat a poor. They treat me like commission agent, a power broker and what not. They deposit all their ill earned money in the temples. I use these to help the poor.
The poor look at me as a rich person and a benefactor who protect them.
Comparing a poor man’s devotion to me without any offerings, a rich man’s dole of illegally earned wealth has no value to me.
Reporter: One more question…
God: Now days, media guys show great interest in trying to “put too much words in the mouth of those interviewed”.
If I don’t move out, I’ll be in trouble. Good- bye… Saying this, he disappeared.
(The reporter suddenly woke up when the sweeper came into the train to clean, got up. The train pulled into Bangalore city junction).
Beware of Fraudsters who reach Email box. A sample:
VIDEOCON DIRECT RECRUITMENTS OFFER. Your Resume has been selected for our new
plant. The Company selected 62 candidates
list for IT,Administration,Production, marketing and general service Departments, It is our pleasure to inform you that your Resume was selected as one of the 62 candidates shortlisted for the interview. The Company VIDEOCON is a brand name in Electronics manufacturing business in India, The Company is recruiting the candidates for our new plants in Delhi,Bangalore, Pune and mumbai. Your interview will be held at The Company Corporate office in New Delhi on 13Th of September at 11.30 AM, You will be pleased to know that The 62 candidates selected 55 candidates will be giving appointment, Meaning that your Application can progress to final stage. You will have come to The Company corporate office in New Delhi. Your offer letter with Air Ticket will be sent to you by courier before date of interview. The Company can offer you a salary with benefits for this post 35, 000/- to
2, 00, 000/- P.M. + (HRA + D.....
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BY THE COMPANY HRD.
1) Photo-copies of Qualification Documents.
2) Photo-copies of Experience Certificates
(If any)
3) Photo-copies of Address Proof
4) Two Passport Size Photograph.
You have to deposit the (Cash) as an initial amount in favor of Company HRD. Department. for Rs. 14,800/- (Fourteen thousand eight hundred rupees ) through any [STATE BANK OF INDIA] Branch from your Home City to Company Senior HRD. Account NO, which will be send to you upon your response. This is a refundable interview security deposit. Your offer letter with Air tickets will be sent to your Home Address by courier after receiving the confirmation of interview security deposited in STATE BANK OF INDIA. This Company will pay all the expenditure to you at the time of face-to- face meeting with you in Company.
The Job profile, salary offer, and date -time of interview will be mention in your offer letter. Your offer letter will dispatch very shortly after receiving your confirmation of cash deposited in STATE BANK OF INDIA.
We wish you the best of luck for the subsequent and remaining stage. The last date of security deposited in bank 11th of September 2010. You have to give the information after deposited the security amount in bank to The Company HRD - direct recruitment via email. Your Letter with supporting document will be dispatch same time by courier to your postal address after receipt of security deposited confirmation in bank. The interview process and arrangement expenditure will be paid by VIDEOCON. Lodging, traveling and local conveyance actual will be paid by VIDEOCON as per bills. The candidate has to deposit the initial refundable security as mentioned by HRD.
NB: You are advice to reconfirm your mailing
address and phone number in your reply. and
14,600/- (Fourteen thousand six hundred rupees) will be the refundable amount, as 200 rupees will be deducted as bank charges for funds deposit. And if you are been selected or not, still the amount will be refunded to you, as the amount is just to prove that you will be coming for the interview in order for us not to run at lost after sending you the air ticket and you don’t show up on the day of interview.
Wishing you the best of lucks
RegardsMRS.ANITA SINGH - (Executive - HRD) Videocon Electronics India Ltd.
H.O. - 174, Videocon House, G.K. Part ? 1, Greater Kailash. Email:
[email protected] Mobile-+917838002198
Call:113209052
EPILOG:
It is my experience that even a simple story, read a few times over, you get a few additional diemensions compared to first reading.
You may read these simple stories few times. Alternately, share these stories with a friend a colleague or anyother person closest to the heart. You might, not only reveal several untold diemensions but it helps internalizing these ideas.
When once internalized it gets into subconsciousc mind. From then on every good thoughts and action becomes your nature. If not all, I know several of my students practice what I practice andpreach. They trace their happiness and success to the positive thoughts, positive actions and integrity.
In the third book to be released six months later, I will be talking about Spirituality to guide your material life.
I recall several questions that arose in me during when I was in my thirtys. I know many like me seeking answer to the same and similar questions for which no one has a straight answer.My next book My dear Son book 03 will have these questions the answer too.
These three books, if internalized will help understanding the life which is essential for living good.
Natarajan
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