Ever since I was a child I am being told everyday that if I do good, good will come to me.. there are different ways of telling this though.. ’karm karo fal ki iccha mat karo’.. ‘neki kar neki paa’.. and many more.. all from the mouths of the pundits in the temples, our beloved grannies, God fearing moms and even some friends who believe in spirituality.. (spirituality seems to be quite in fashion these days.. maybe its time to take your call :) ).. at times I feel that all our religious books are nothing but fables with this ‘do good, have good’ as their moral of the story..
Yesterday I came across a wonderful sms.. it said.. “if you are standing in front of a lion, dont wait there like a dumb arse thinking that he wont pounce upon you just because you have been a vegetarian all your life”.. hehe.. so just because you have not taken anybody elses life till date or you have not harmed anybody does not assure you of being safe always for that matter..
Well.. after i put on my thinking cap yesterday night, I could not but help think about the man who had to confront the lion.. In fact, I was wondering if my vegetarianism was ever going to do me any good.. anyone who believes in 'those' fables and is smart and cult would argue saying that if that man had been really that clean and unadulterated, God would never put him in front of a lion.. hmm.. makes sense naa??
But what I tend to believe is.. its not always that good happens to the good.. its just that, the ‘good’ would consider anything that happens to them as good.. maybe this is what makes them the good... On similar lines.. you doing good in want of good to come back to you leaves you to be no good…
Hmm.. more commendable belief would be.. everthing that happens happens for the good (Remember the Akbar Birbal story where Birbal proved how getting is finger hurt also did him good).. even better one would be ‘ jab jab jo jo hona hai, ho jata hai ‘.. and then it is up to us to find out if it happened for the good or to the good or whatever.. food for thought ??
I take a leave though.. dinner being served for me.. :)
Friday, February 19, 2010
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I really liked the part where u say 'is it that good happens to good or good thinks that everything that has happened to him is good'. I think that its the attitude of how we accept things or make peace with them matters.. being satisfied is a big thing..not many ppl have it in them...I am trying to get there :P
ReplyDeleteBaba toshniwal ki jai ho....I know your veggy secret though :)
ReplyDelete@newme: yup buddy.. i guess, you have cut short the long story into one line.. indeed its all abt how you take things happening to you.. satisfaction is the key.. me too dying to get there.. but it seems like a long way to me.. :) all the best to you though.. keep reading..
ReplyDelete@sarang: bhai.. zyada mu khola to bahut maar padegi tujhko yaad rakhna.. :)