God and the Rope - A very happy & enlightened New Year

January 6, 2003

>"Shaasa A. Ruzicka"

God and the Rope - A very happy & enlightened New Year >Mon, 30 Dec 2002

18:35:43 -0500 (EST) > > >God and the Rope >************ >from:

ajeet (AT) emuzed (DOT) com (Ajeet K Mall) > >The story is told of a mountain climber who

desperately wanted to conquer the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the

Argentine Andes. He initiated his climb after years of preparation. Because he

wanted the glory all to himself, he went up alone. As the day passed and it

began to get dark, he did not stop to camp for the night but kept going. Night

fell. There was no moon. Clouds covered the stars. Visibility was zero.

Everything was black. > >As the climber neared a ridge at about a hundred

meters from the top, he slipped and fell into the total darkness below. In

those anguishing moments when he was in free fall, memories flashed through his

mind, both good and bad. He was certain he would die. But then a jolt almost

tore him in half. Like any sensible mountain climber, he had used pitons and a

long rope tied around his waist to stake himself to the mountain. The top piton

held, and the rope broke his fall. He groped in the darkness for the side of the

mountain, but it was out of reach. > >In the terrifying moments that followed,

as he hung suspended, at that juncture, he has no other choice but to scream,

"Help me, God! Help me!" > >All of a sudden a deep voice coming from the sky,

answered: >"What do you want me to do?" >"Save me, God." >"Do you really think,

I can save you?" >"Of course, I do." >"Then cut the rope attached to your body!"

>"What?" >"Cut the rope!" > >More

stillness followed, as the man held all the tighter and swung slowly back and

forth, hoping in vain to make contact with the side of the mountain. > >Other

climbers found him the next day, still hanging from the mountain, frozen to

death ...only two feet above a wide ledge. > >And you and me?? How much are we

attached to rope?? > >Never doubt that God doesn't take care of us, He is

always with us, but to realize it, we have to detach ourself from the rope of

illusion and act according to His Will in all the holy scriptures of the world,

and laid down in pure form in Bagavad Gita and the other Vedic scriptures. > >

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