ENTER THE HEART

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ENTER THE HEART

Source: Spiritual Stories told by Sri Ramana

Maharshihttp://www.ramana-maharshi.org

 

A devotee who had suddenly lost his only son came to Bhagavan in a

state of acute grief, seeking relief. He asked a few questions in

which his grief was evident. Bhagavan, as usual, asked him to

enquire into the Self and find out who is grieving. The devotee was

not satisfied. Bhagavan then said, " All right. I will tell you a

story from Vichara Sagaram. Listen " .

 

TWO YOUNGSTERS BY name Rama and Krishna, told their respective

parents that they would go to foreign countries to prosecute further

studies and then earn a lot of money. After some time, one of them

died suddenly. The other studied well, earned a lot and was living

happily. Some time later the one that was alive requested a merchant

who was going to his native place to tell his father that he was

wealthy and happy and that the other boy who had come with him had

passed away. Instead of passing on the information correctly, the

merchant told the father of the person who was alive, that his son

was dead, and the father of the person that was dead, that his son

had earned a lot of money and was living happily. The parents of the

person that was actually dead, were happy in the thought that their

son would come back after some time, while the parents of the person

whose son was alive, but was reported to be dead, were in great

grief. In fact, neither of them saw their son but they were

experiencing happiness or grief according to the reports they

received. That is all. We too are similarly situated. We believe all

sorts of things that the mind tells us and get deluded into thinking

that what exists does not exist and that what does not exist exists.

If we do not believe the mind but enter the heart and see the son

that is inside, there is no need to see the children outside.

GOMU <gokulmuthu