Just Drop it
Once a Crow, holding on to a piece of meat
was flying to a place to sit and eat.
However, a flock of Eagles were chasing it.
The crow was anxious and was flying higher and higher, yet eagles were after
the poor crow.
Just then Garuda saw the plight and
pain in the eyes of the crow.
Coming closer to the crow, he asked:
"What's wrong? You seem to be very disturbed and in stress”?
The crow cried "Look at these eagles!!
They are after me to kill me".
Garuda being
the bird of wisdom spoke "Oh my friend!! They are not after you to kill
you!! They are after that piece of meat that you are holding in your
beak". Just drop it and see what will happen.
The crow followed the instructions of Garuda
and dropped the piece of meat, and there you go, all the eagles flew towards
the falling meat.
Garuda
smiled and said "The Pain is only till you hold on to it, Just Drop it”.
The crow just bowed and said "I
dropped this piece of meat, now, I can fly even higher."
There is a message for us from this
story too:
Ø People carry the huge burden called "Ego," which
creates a false identity about us, that we create for ourselves saying "I
need love, I need to be invited, I am so and so... "Just Drop it
Ø People get irritated fast by "others actions" it can be my
friend, my parent, my children, my colleague, my life partner... and I get the
fumes of "anger "...Just Drop it
Ø People compare themselves
with others. ……in beauty, wealth, life style, marks, talent and appraisals and
feel disturbed... We must be grateful with what we have ... comparisons,
negative emotions." Just Drop it
Just drop the burden
It is this logic
From dust to dust.
That is why in temples ash (vibuthi) is applied
on the forehead,
it constantly reminds us that we are nothing but dust.
- The Garuda is a large bird-like creature, or humanoid bird that appears in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Garuda is the mount (vahana) of the Lord Vishnu.
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