HOW TO OVERCOME TENSIONS AND HAVE PEACE OF MIND - 2
If you analyze the situation, you will find that ultimately all the burden is borne by the Lord, not merely the burden of our individual lives or the nations, not merely the burden of the earth or the solar system, but the burden of all the universes, the galaxies and nebulae, huge star systems in the making, the entire burden is ultimately borne by the Lord. How foolish of us, then, to be carrying our little burdens on our weak shoulders!
There is an amusing little story told us concerning a villager, who travelled by the railway train for the first time. When he purchased his ticket, he was told that he would be allowed to carry only 20 kilos of luggage. He had himself with 30 kilos. What did he do? Part of the luggage, which weighed 20 kilos, he kept on the floor of the compartment, and the balance he carried on his head. There he sat on the bench in the railway compartment, bearing 10 kilos on his head. After sometime, the T.T.E. (the travelling ticket examiner) entered the compartment and was surprised to find the villager carrying load on his head. Asked the reason, the villager said: “Sir! I am permitted to carry only 20 kilos: that much luggage I have kept on the floor, the remaining 10 kilos I am carrying on my head!” The T.T.E was amused. He said to the villager: “Don’t you know that you and your entire luggage are being pulled by the railway engine? Whether you keep the luggage on the floor or carry it on your head, the burden is ultimately borne by the engine. You will have to pay for the excess 10 kilos of luggage!”
I am afraid many of us, in daily life, behave like the villager. We keep on carrying our little burdens on our shoulders, when we know that the entire burdens on our shoulders, when we know that the entire burden of the entire universe is being borne by the Lord. So let me say this to you, today: “Cast all your cares upon the Lord! Throw all your burdens at His Lotus Feet. And feel for once the joy of living!”
We pray everyday: “Thou art my father, Thou my mother art: I am thy child!” Have you ever seen a child carrying the burden of anxiety or worry? The child is care-free. He is free from all anxiety. We pray to God that we are His children. We live as anything but children. We do not claim our heritage as children of God.
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If you analyze the situation, you will find that ultimately all the burden is borne by the Lord, not merely the burden of our individual lives or the nations, not merely the burden of the earth or the solar system, but the burden of all the universes, the galaxies and nebulae, huge star systems in the making, the entire burden is ultimately borne by the Lord. How foolish of us, then, to be carrying our little burdens on our weak shoulders!
There is an amusing little story told us concerning a villager, who travelled by the railway train for the first time. When he purchased his ticket, he was told that he would be allowed to carry only 20 kilos of luggage. He had himself with 30 kilos. What did he do? Part of the luggage, which weighed 20 kilos, he kept on the floor of the compartment, and the balance he carried on his head. There he sat on the bench in the railway compartment, bearing 10 kilos on his head. After sometime, the T.T.E. (the travelling ticket examiner) entered the compartment and was surprised to find the villager carrying load on his head. Asked the reason, the villager said: “Sir! I am permitted to carry only 20 kilos: that much luggage I have kept on the floor, the remaining 10 kilos I am carrying on my head!” The T.T.E was amused. He said to the villager: “Don’t you know that you and your entire luggage are being pulled by the railway engine? Whether you keep the luggage on the floor or carry it on your head, the burden is ultimately borne by the engine. You will have to pay for the excess 10 kilos of luggage!”
I am afraid many of us, in daily life, behave like the villager. We keep on carrying our little burdens on our shoulders, when we know that the entire burdens on our shoulders, when we know that the entire burden of the entire universe is being borne by the Lord. So let me say this to you, today: “Cast all your cares upon the Lord! Throw all your burdens at His Lotus Feet. And feel for once the joy of living!”
We pray everyday: “Thou art my father, Thou my mother art: I am thy child!” Have you ever seen a child carrying the burden of anxiety or worry? The child is care-free. He is free from all anxiety. We pray to God that we are His children. We live as anything but children. We do not claim our heritage as children of God.
-to be continued
(Author: Sri J P Vaswani)
