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Dear all,

Radhe Krishna!

 

This story, apart from the humour part of it, is told to illustrate that

God does not come in forms that we imagine Him to be in, to help us in

times of need, but He can come in any form to help. It is said that

Krishna does not come with a stick in hand to direct us in the correct

path as He did as a cowherd in the Krishna-avatar, but directs us in the

right direction by giving us intelligence and sending the right

thoughts. Hence our prayers should be for more and more devotion to

Him, which alone can make us recipients of His divine grace, and show us

the right path. The realisation of the presence of God and His hand

in everything is equally important. The person in the said story, in

spite of having great belief in Him, could not identify the help he got,

as part of the scheme which the Lord had for him.

 

We should learn to understand that every event in our life, good and

bad, should be regarded as something ordained by Him, and train our

minds to take life with equanimity. We should, at the same time, use

the God-given intelligence with a spirit of discrimination to accept

what is good and reject what is bad . Bhagavatam talks about 24

Gurus picked up from nature, which can teach us this power of

discrimination. After that, it dwells upon the human body itself as

the main Guru. In short, there is something to be learnt from every

creation of the Lord, certain things to be accepted, and certain things

to be rejected.

 

Regards

K.V. Gopalakrishna.

 

 

 

 

Ajeet K Mall wrote:

 

> A man caught in a flood prayed to God for help. While he was on his knees

> praying, a police officer came to the door and offered to evacuate

> him, but

> he said, " No thanks, Officer, I'll stay here, God will deliver me " and

> resumed his prayers. Then a person in a rowboat came by as the waters

> were

> rising, and the man said, " No thanks, I'll stay here, God will deliver

> me "

> and continued praying to God for help. The waters continued to rise

> and the

> man had to climb onto his roof. At last a helicopter came with a

> ladder and

> the pilot told him to climb aboard. He again refused, all the while

> sitting

> on the roof and praying to God. Finally the waters covered him and he

> drowned. After he got to heaven he told God how disappointed he was

> that God

> didn't answer his prayers. God said, " What do you mean I didn't answer? I

> sent a police officer, a rowboat and a helicopter; what else did you

> want? "

>