Maya has the capacity
to ruin our life. If we understand the nature of Maya
well, it will go away from us in one moment. If we give a high place
to it without understanding, then it will get the upper hand and
will begin to dance on our heads.
In
one village, a marriage was to take place. The party of the bridegroom
came to the village and was staying in a house. The party of the
bride was staying in another house. In between these two parties,
there was one individual who wanted all kinds of comforts and was
demanding them from both the parties.
This individual used to go
to the bridegroom’s place and tell them that they were always
coming late and causing a lot of problems to the bride’s party.
People belonging to the bridegroom’s party thought that he
was some respected elder from the side of the bride. Similarly he
went to the bride’s house and told them that they were not
respecting the bridegroom and members of his party and were not
giving them all the respect that was due to them.
This individual was enacting a drama. He was going to the bridegroom’s
party and was behaving as if he was a respected elder from the bride’s
side; and he was going to the bride’s people and behaving
as if he was a respected elder from the bridegroom’s side.
When this drama went too far, the two parties started investigating
and found that he belonged to neither side.
Once you make an inquiry and find out the origin of Maya, it will disappear; even as the individual in our story disappeared.
(Chinna Katha from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
No comments:
Post a Comment