Sri Sathya Sai Baba Stories and Parables - 31 - The green eyed monster

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Source: Chinna Katha

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31 - The green eyed monster

 

Once the organs of the body - eyes, ears and other limbs - became

jealous of the tongue. They said to themselves: " It is we who make all

efforts to secure food and hand it over to the tongue and it is just

the tongue that enjoys the food " . They struck work and stopped

supplying food. But jealousy made them forget the fact that they can

function only when there is supply of energy from the food passed on

into the stomach by the tongue. Thus they spelt their own ruin. In

fact they also did not realise that the tongue just tastes the food

and passes it onto itself. The food that is passed on into the stomach

is converted into energy-giving blood. But for this vital part played

by the tongue, all the other organs would stop functioning. What is it

that has brought about the ruin of the organs that struck work?

Jealousy - the green eyed monster!