CHINNA KATHA FROM BHAGAVAN’S DISCOURSE. No. 31.

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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!