When
Hearts Embrace Hearts-17
Baby Bird in Our Hands!
Here is a Zen story of a mother with two
daughters. One daughter is a flower seller, and the other one sells papad. Their
mother loves them so much that she can’t imagine life without them. But, she is
always filled with remorse for both of them. When it rains, mother cries. She
cries for her daughter who sells papad, which can’t be properly dried in rainy
season. And, when its sunshine, she again cries, thinking about the daughter
who sells flower. The land gets parched and her flowering plants go dry. All
the 12 months, the mother keeps crying in despair. The mother’s prayer is just
sharing her woes. Indeed, how weary would be that prayers! What would she seek?
How much do we like people who visit us
without any selfish mottos or demands? They don’t need anything. They just want
to sit besides us. They just look forward for our love and concern. Is there
any love greater than unconditional love? In such case, how much Almighty would
keep them close to Him and listen to their chitchat, which got no particular
demands? Those are truly blessed ones who love Him deeply and are content in
their lives.
A kid holding and hiding a baby bird in his
hands came to the Guru and asked, “Is the bird in my hands alive or dead?”
The Guru could sense the mischief in the
question. The kid will just squeeze and kill the bird, if he replies alive and
win the game. If he replies dead, he can just release the bird, which will fly
away, and he would win. But the reply of the Guru failed him. “You can decide,
if the bird wants to live or die.”
We are squeezing our short lives in hopelessness
and discontent. Otherwise, the same lives are so brightening and perked up. Our
prayers become just begging, when we dislike our lives and are discontented to
the core. How weary would be that company in which one just talks continuously
and other sits just listening! How true is what Helen Keller, who herself was
blind and deaf said, “Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts
us off from people.” Aren’t
there sounds, which we become deaf towards despite having sense of hearing?
Sounds of happiness provided by life! The divine sounds of life’s happiness!
We so easily fall in love. Human beings are
so impoverished of love that they might slip into anything that seems love to
them. Then, why do we turn deaf to those great sounds of love? Why don’t we realize
such love that is so much trustworthy? We need to find the roots of unhappiness
in such inquisitive questions lying deep inside us. Prophet Muhammad prayed, “O
God, Bestow me your love, the love of your loved ones and good deeds that leads
us to your love.”
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