Bumblebee and the WORM.....

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There was a very close friendship between a bumble bee and a worm.

Once Bee said to Worm, ''Why do you live in muck and faeces? Come to

my garden. There are roses and agaves and jasmines. You'll be

thrilled by their fragnance.'' Worm gave it serious thought, ''I'll

go and visit his garden, but what if there's nothing to eat there? I

may starve to death.'' As a precaution he rolled up two small balls

of dirt and faeces and plugged them into his nostrils. Bumble Bee,

unaware of this, asked him to climb onto his back. Off they flew.

 

In the garden the air was sweet with fragrance. The bee placed the

worm on top of a rose and asked, ''Well, what do you think of the

fragrance?'' ''Nothing special. I still smell the same old odour,''

the worm retorted, not impressed at all. Bee was confused, ''Why does

my friend fail to enjoy the fragrance?'' he asked himself. Then he

took a closer look at the worm and found two tiny balls of faeces

fitted up his nostrils.

 

 

He made a plan for removing them. Taking the worm to a pool of water,

he offered him the chance to swim. They both dived into the water.

Bee then climbed upon the worm's back and pushed his head underwater.

Water rushed into the worm's nose and mouth and made him burst out

with violent sneezing. This procedure forced out the mess that was

blocking Worm's nose. Quickly picking up the worm the bee returned to

the rose, ''Ah... Ah... what a scent! It's fabulous... The scent of

rose is wonderful.''

 

The worm praised the flowers no end. ''The fragrance was always here,

but it was you who chose not to enjoy it. You had stuffed your nose

with muck and excreta.'' Bee scolded his friend and then took him to

savour the scents of other flowers in the garden.

 

This is what happens when people come to sit in the spiritual

assemblies or come to serve the Enlightened Sadhu for wisdom. They

come to the divine atmosphere fragrant with the goodness of God, but

have secretly filled their hearts with filth and desires of the

world. Therefore, even while sitting in spiritual discourses, they

smell the odour of the world. It is when the Enlightened Sadhu

splashes him in the ocean of wisdom and cleanses him of this world's

mess that he enjoys the happiness of God.

 

enjoy the holy Harshasatsangha!

 

joyce!!! maybe you can come up with some nice photos to compliment

the story!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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