A young man was having a hard time to park his car he suddenly prayed "Oh God, If you give me a space to park, I would give up drinking this whole week!". Suddenly the car in front of him started to leave the parking area.
Then he said, "Dear God, I have got this now,Never mind what I said! guess I didn't need your favour this time. I will ask for your favour next time."
I guess many of us have done that. What were we trying to do? Manipulate god?
I have always wondered why people try to bribe God, with money or other offerings , sacrifices and may be with some deeds.
I have seen many atheists, who are live so much happier than the " God fearing people ".
About a year ago, I happened to meet a librarian of one of the Sree Rama Krishna Matts in Kochi.
He told me a story that I happened to read later from a book of Swami Sukhbodhanada ji. ("Oh mind Relax Please!!" .. A wonderful compilation of good stories and sparks of wisdom from swamiji.)
The story depicts an incident of a wealthy man who built his bungalow spending a million!
The wealthy man, built his bungalow on the river side spending a million Rupees, The building looked marvellous and he wanted to see his bungalow from the other side of the river, He took his boat, and started to cross the river. When he reached mid way, there occurred a sudden a heavy wind that started to make his boat go unstable.
The rich man cried out with all of his voice, "Dear God, I will sell this house and give the money as an offering ! Please spare my life and just let me reach the other shore so that I could enjoy its beauty for the last time."
The man reached safely on the on the other bank, the storm faded and he sat there, for the entire morning enjoying the view of his bangalow.
The beauty of his new home was mesmerising. He decided not to sell the home but instead donate a small amount of money to his place of worship . The rich man set sail back to his home and in the midway the storm hit him again. He shouted, "Please God ! I was just kidding I change my mind. i will honestly set my intention to sell my home and donate the money! Please save me! "
The rich man escaped from the storm and somehow reaches his home safely.
The next day he put up a sign board that said..
"House for SALE! Cost is just 1 Rupee, but who ever wants to but the bungalow should buy my cat for a million Rupees too. "
The man sells his bungalow and his cat, then donates a rupee "To the God"; takes the million rupees.
The God to him was a manipulatable force! because he feared God.
Is God to be feared ? There are a load of God-Fearing people. The god fearing people manipulate things just like the rich man.
I believe God, in whatever name should be loved,and not feared.
An act out of love to someone or something is totally different than acts done in fear to someone or something.
I would gladly spend time, money and energy on things I love than things I do with a fear of someone or something else.
Why do children like friendly teachers than strict and stubborn teachers?
Why do people spend time on their hobbies even though they might never get paid for what they do?
If in any point of your life, You turn to be a God- fearing person, do change yourself. God is not a shopping mall, or a place where you get loyalty points for your offerings.
"Dear GOD, if I get this promotion, I will give you a 100 coconuts or donate more money than last month"
Won't work. Trust me.
If you are, at anytime approached by anyone to get favours to the organizations with the help of a face of scaring God, who could destroy your life if you don't do something; they are just frauds !
A prayer with love is always heard than a prayer with fear.
and in any day if or when you feel that"God's currency is love", Pat yourself on your shoulder and treat yourselves with a cookie. You are right!
(Also, A moment of respect for all the teachers who stood with me, smiled at me and behaved friendly to me. If ever I become successful; you are the reason for it! )
Then he said, "Dear God, I have got this now,Never mind what I said! guess I didn't need your favour this time. I will ask for your favour next time."
I guess many of us have done that. What were we trying to do? Manipulate god?
I have always wondered why people try to bribe God, with money or other offerings , sacrifices and may be with some deeds.
I have seen many atheists, who are live so much happier than the " God fearing people ".
About a year ago, I happened to meet a librarian of one of the Sree Rama Krishna Matts in Kochi.
He told me a story that I happened to read later from a book of Swami Sukhbodhanada ji. ("Oh mind Relax Please!!" .. A wonderful compilation of good stories and sparks of wisdom from swamiji.)
The story depicts an incident of a wealthy man who built his bungalow spending a million!
The wealthy man, built his bungalow on the river side spending a million Rupees, The building looked marvellous and he wanted to see his bungalow from the other side of the river, He took his boat, and started to cross the river. When he reached mid way, there occurred a sudden a heavy wind that started to make his boat go unstable.
The man reached safely on the on the other bank, the storm faded and he sat there, for the entire morning enjoying the view of his bangalow.
The beauty of his new home was mesmerising. He decided not to sell the home but instead donate a small amount of money to his place of worship . The rich man set sail back to his home and in the midway the storm hit him again. He shouted, "Please God ! I was just kidding I change my mind. i will honestly set my intention to sell my home and donate the money! Please save me! "
The rich man escaped from the storm and somehow reaches his home safely.
The next day he put up a sign board that said..
"House for SALE! Cost is just 1 Rupee, but who ever wants to but the bungalow should buy my cat for a million Rupees too. "
The man sells his bungalow and his cat, then donates a rupee "To the God"; takes the million rupees.
The God to him was a manipulatable force! because he feared God.
Is God to be feared ? There are a load of God-Fearing people. The god fearing people manipulate things just like the rich man.
I believe God, in whatever name should be loved,and not feared.
An act out of love to someone or something is totally different than acts done in fear to someone or something.
I would gladly spend time, money and energy on things I love than things I do with a fear of someone or something else.
Why do children like friendly teachers than strict and stubborn teachers?
Why do people spend time on their hobbies even though they might never get paid for what they do?
If in any point of your life, You turn to be a God- fearing person, do change yourself. God is not a shopping mall, or a place where you get loyalty points for your offerings."Dear GOD, if I get this promotion, I will give you a 100 coconuts or donate more money than last month"
Won't work. Trust me.
If you are, at anytime approached by anyone to get favours to the organizations with the help of a face of scaring God, who could destroy your life if you don't do something; they are just frauds !
A prayer with love is always heard than a prayer with fear.
(Also, A moment of respect for all the teachers who stood with me, smiled at me and behaved friendly to me. If ever I become successful; you are the reason for it! )
