The obstacles in our path

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Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the

huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came

by and simply walked around it.

Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but no

one did anything to move the big stone out of the way.

 

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables.

On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and

tried to move the stone to the side of the road.

After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.

 

As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse

lying in the road where the boulder had been.

The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king

indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder

from the roadway.

 

The peasant learned what many others never understand.

 

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition. As

Swami says,

 

" Do you think I would confront you with pain, were there not a reason

for it? Open your heart to pain as you do now to pleasure, for it is

My will wrought by Me for your good. Welcome it as a challenge. Do

not turn away from it, do not listen to your mind, for mind is but

another word for " need " . The mind engenders need, it manifested as

the world, because it needed this. It is all My plan, to drive you by

the pangs of unfulfilled need to listen to my voice, which when

heard, dissolves the ego and the mind with it. "

 

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan