Rigden:
... Working on his internal problems, overcoming the obstacles of his
own Animal nature, and at the same time living for the people and for
the good of people, man paves his own path. All is in the hands of
man. His desire and
aspiration are not dependent on external factors of life. People do
live in the illusion that someone should come to lead them, do
everything for them, and only then they will all be able to live
happily. Everyone is waiting for a leader from the outside. But man,
just like society as a whole, should not focus on the external
material, but should rather be guided by the inner spiritual. There
is a parable in this connection that tells the story of the happiest
and the richest man.
"In
one village, there lived a Man. He stood out among people because,
although he lived in poverty, he lived with joy, always selflessly
helping others doing what little he could - sometimes with a word,
and sometimes with a deed. There were rumors that when he was alone,
he praised God, sincerely thanked Him for the rich gifts He had
favored him with. An eminent priest heard of these rumours.
The priest decided to visit the Man to find out from him, for which
rich gifts he praised God. The priest came to the shabby shack, where
this poor man lived, and said,
"Good
day to you!"
The
man replied with a smile,
The
priest was surprised with this answer, because no one had ever
answered him this way, so he decided to say the greeting in another
way,
"I
just hope that God gives you happiness."
The
Man, too, was surprised and said,
"But
I've never been unhappy, either."
The
priest thought that the poor man simply was not taught how to conduct
high-style small talk and said,
"What
are you talking about?! I'm just wishing you that you were fortunate
in life."
The
Man got even more surprised and sincerely replied,
"I've
never had ill fortune, good man."
The
priest realized that this poor man did not even recognize his eminent
person and hurried down to business,
"Allright,
well, I wish you everything that you wish for yourself..."
"That
I wish for myself?!" the man laughed. "But I do not need
anything. I have everything I want."
"How
so?!" it was the priest's turn to get surprised. "But you
live in poverty! Even rich people need many things and wish for much,
so the poor are in a greater need."
The
man said,
"These
people are unhappy because they are looking for the earthly happiness
and live in fear of losing their illusions and being miserable. He is
unhappy who seeks his fortune in the illusions of this world. After
all, there is only one true happiness here - to be firmly united with
God and live by His will. I'm not looking for temporary well-being
because I'm thankful for what I have, for what has been given to me
in life by God. I gladly accept everything - both what people call
misfortune and what people call sorrow. I thank Him for favoring me
with rich gifts."
The
priest scoffed,
"But
God has not given you anything. It means that you thank Him
insincerely."
The
man uttered,
"God
sees me, He sees all my temptations, and all my opportunities. He
always gives me that which makes me spiritually perfect."
The
priest asked,
"How
do you live then?"
The
man replied,
"My
concern in each day is only to be firmly united with God and to live
according to His will, that my life
was totally united and aligned with the will of God. So goes my day.
And each night, going to
bed, I'm going to God."
"Where
have you found God?"
"In
the place where I have found the Truth, when I had left, like
clothes, all the things of the world on the banks of my doubts and
went into His waters of Enlightenment, in the purity of my thoughts
and good Conscience."
The
priest hesitated, for never he had seen such a poor man who would say
such words.
"Tell
me, do you speak out of your own belief? Are you going to think the
same way if God sends your Soul to hell?"
The
man shrugged his shoulders and said,
"Every
day I hold on to God with all my inseparable embrace of my Soul. My
sincere Love for Him is immense. My embrace is so strong,
and my Love for Him is so boundless that wherever God sent me he
would be there with me. And if He is with me, why should I be afraid?
My life is where He is. For my Soul it would be better to be out of
Heaven with God than in Heaven without Him."
"Well,
who are you?!" the priest
asked with surprise and fear.
"Whoever
I may be, I'm happy with my life. And truly, I would not exchange it
for the lives and wealth of all earthly rulers. Every man who knows
how to be a master of himself, how to rule over his thoughts and who
is in a strong embrace of Love to God, is the richest and the
happiest man in this world."
"Say,
poor man, who has taught you such wisdom?"
"I
have only one teacher - God. Each day of my life I try to do good in
this world, I pray, practice having righteous thoughts. But at the
same time, I always take care of
one thing - to be firmly united with God, with His boundless Love for
me. Only the union with God makes me spiritually perfect. Life in the
Love of God teaches me everything."
Every
person is a Personality that first of all carries spiritual
responsibility for everything that it does and chooses in life.
Most people do understand what
responsibility is. They take responsibility when they solve
everyday, ideological, home, financial and other issues. Basically,
they make this effort not for
themselves, but for their families, for the future of their children
and grandchildren, for their friends, for their loved ones and so on.
In the spiritual as in the main task of each person, you must take
responsibility for your own spiritual destiny and do everything
possible and impossible in your
life to unite with your Soul and find the real Freedom from the
material world. There is no need to wait for anyone, you must act
yourself and start first of all with yourself. You yourself must be a
good example for others, then positive changes in you and in the
society will not keep themselves waiting.
The
Parable from the book "AllatRa" by Anastasia Novykh. Translated into English by Alex Quartalny.
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Full text of the book (in Russian) can be found at:
http://schambala.com.ua
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