Sunday, August 16, 2009

True Forgiveness

It was around 1956. A revenue collector had been leasing a very miserable family life with not miserable him food timely and he wife not serving home food timely and he other reaching the office very late.
He tried all his resources to convince her. May a time he treated her harshly and even thrashed her. However instead of dowsing any signs of reformation, her mistakes kept increasing. He was so trouble that he contently to renounce his home or divorce or ever Kill her or commit agony read its peak with his home papering like a veritable funeral ground to home. He suffered from insomnia and was even physically afflicted with various diseases.
By God’s grace, once he happened to wits a sixty. With a heavy heart endears in his eyes, he placed his domestic problem before him. The saint laughed it away and assured him compassionately, this is no problem at all. I will solve it right, tomorrow if your wife doesn’t prepare your lunch on time’s nothing and go to the office empty stomach. Be careful not to speak anything through work eyes, limb movements or conduct; even in the mind or heart. Just leave for your office keeping quit itself. For the time being contemplate, Hair om peace, Hair om peace…..om magnanimity…………., Call out lovingly to the One Who take our troubles away and dills His serene nature into our heart. Hair om peace, Hair om peace………….
, You have almost made it now; do not be perturbed.
Patience is the friend of all.
Lose not what you have earned so far,
With these thoughts keep your mind calm and cheerful. Continue this for three to four days.’
The collector asked, “Your Holiness I will not anything though words, Burt what is the meaning of not speaking through the eyes, hand feet conduct heart and mind?’
The saint clarified, Do not harbor any ill feeling for her mind, so not nurture nor browbeat her, on ever beat with hands. Do not leave the house inaner stamping your feet on he ground, show no anger through your conduct and nurture the feeling in your heart, I myself am responsible for my sorrow. She is not any reason, whereas she deserved compassion. Oh God please Forgive now you alone can take care of her.”
These words of the saint had a soothing effect on his aching heart, a though somebody had applied some sandalwood paste on hoes wounds. Incidentally, the next day his wife again faille to prepare his lunch on time. In compliance to the saint’s advice he kept cool, both within and without and quietly left for his office.
This had its immediate effect on the wife. She thought, Today he left quietly without a saying a word. He will remind Hungerford the whole day. It is my duty on time. What king of a wife am I? How often have
I connoted this same mistake? Tears of repentance reeled down her cheeks. In her heart she begged forgiveness form her husband an vowed, Form now onwards I will prepare food on time.”
The husband was sitting in him Office. The wife thoughts immediately reached his heart.He thought, what king of a husband am I? I always insult my life partner for such a small mistake. I never spoke the with live. Had I done so, would shoe have committed the mistake? The fire of repentance had reduced all his negativity; and feelings of dejection to ashes. He mentally begged forgiveness jorum his wife and vowed, I will never repeat this mistake ageing. Today back home I will make it a point to first he forgiveness form her. Then I will not inset on my choice.
The husband’s thought reached the wife heart. She thought, Husband the wife heart. She thought, My husband is everything to me. He is hungry. Today, as soon as he come, I will keep food ready for him . I ill serve food to him with love and always cook the food to him choice hereafter. From now onwards his choice alone will be that of mine.
It was everyone the time or her husband to return. She cooked the food and waited for her husband. Her mind was dilled with live and happiness. No sooner did the husband know at the door then she opened it and fell at his feet. She said in choked voice, Forgiven However the husband too was fully alert. He promptly caught and lifted her before she could fall at his feet. With His heart filled with live, he could barrel murmur. I never gave you true love a have always troubled and insulted you. Forgive me, Three was pure love in their hearts tears of love flooded their eyes, their dodoes were thrilled with ecstasy and the whole atmosphere was imbued with love. That day for the first time in their life, they had food together with love.
The collector was heard saying that form that day onward his wife and never repeated the particular dies would arise I his mind. However, He never asked his wife to cook them but when he sat for food; he found those very dies served on his plate. The wife would come to know of her husband’s thought even without this expressing them to her. This is the unique good result of true forgiveness.
Forgiveness brings you true peace. The sourer of peace and happiness does not lie in some world individual or thing, become the worldly happiness which you get through contact with individuals and thing s turns into sorrow anxiety when they are separated from you Peace is attained through selfless service , renunciation , love ,trusrt,forgiveness and pausing due heeded these one’s discrimination. Those who have these heavenly qualities in their lives, have three discrimination and impassion awakened.
“Sorrow and happiness are the modification of the mind attachment and hatred belongs to the intellect. Who am I the knower of these two? Through the sat guru grace one comes to discover the answer to this question and gains the unique realization of the oneness of the Atman, attaining liberation even while living. Such a devote experiences the very self less which is the experience of Lords Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. Why at all should one lead a depraved, troubled and sinful life enmeshed asexual enjoyments, when one con attain to such heights through due expires of discrimination?

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