IDENTIFY BIG ROCKS

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IDENTIFY BIG ROCKS

Baba said, "The function of the mind is to think, it cannot remain without

thinking for a minute. If you give it a sense-object, it will think about it.

If you give it Guru, it will think about Guru" in Sri Sai Satcharitra Ch.X.

An expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and to

drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he

stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers, he said, "Okay, time

for quiz," and he pulled out a one-gallon mason jar and set it on the table in

front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist sized rocks and carefully

placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top

and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Every one in

the class yelled, "Yes." The expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the

table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the

jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the

big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time

the class was cautious. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good," he

replied. He reached under the table and

brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went

into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked

the question, "Is the jar full?No," the class responded. Once again he said,

"Good." The he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it until the jar was

filled to the brim. Then, he looked at the class and asked, "What is the lesson

of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point

is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always

fit some more things in it.No," the speaker replied, "that’s not the point.

The truth of this illustration teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks

first, you will never get them in at all."

It is important for us to identify the BIG ROCKS in our lives (that is

surrendering our mind to the Lotus Feet of Lord Sainath is the primary task

than anything else.)

Source: East and West Series. March 2004

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