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Sunday morning there was a public notice in the sky written by the God. It’s
said,
“We,
the so called GODS, will be unavailable from today. We are going on a vacation
as we need a break. All our branches like temples, Church etc. may remain open
but we will not be present there. All are requested to find the solution of
their problem on their own as we will not be able to work on it. You can also
take a break from your prayers if you wish. Our availability will be declared
the same way. Sincere apology for
inconvenience.”
Issued
in the public Interest
- GOD
Reading this people gone mad. How can God do this? He should think about us. Who will help us now? They thought lets go to the temples and ask the saints that what we should do. They went there are found that few of saints are also leaving for a vacation saying that if god is on leave then there is no point to pray, why to disturb him? Few told that don’t worry if god is not there I am here to solve your problems. You can come to me. Few have arranged prayers so that god becomes available as soon as possible. People were confused. What to do? All are saying different things. What is the solution? The whole day passed in the puzzle.
Next
morning the day started as usual. Everybody was back on the work. As the days
passed people stopped going to temples. Many have stopped the prayer also.
Everybody was afraid that who will help us in difficult situations. There is no
one to whom they can ask for solution of their problems. They have started
sharing this with each other and decided to help each other as this was the
only solution available. Months have passed since the god gone to leave. Deep inside
everybody was puzzled. Why the god done this? When will he come back?
One
evening, some friends were gathered at a cafe in the market place and were
chatting. Topic was obvious about the
god. Suddenly they saw a monk passes from there. He was very joyful. He had a
smiling face and a strong body. They discussed how this monk can be so much
joyful when the god is on leave. His only activity is to worship the god. Let’s
ask him. They invited the monk for a cup of coffee. The monk happily agreed.
They
asked the monk, which religion you belong to?
I belong
to every religion. The monk replied.
Have
you heard that the god is on leave?
The monk
smiled and said, ‘who says so?’
Everybody
was puzzled now. They asked have you not seen the public notice in the sky few
months ago?
My
god never goes on leave because he is not an employee. The monk replied.
There
was a pin drop silence in the cafe.
The monk
said you treat the god as an employee and an employee want leave for sure. You remember
the god only when you want something or when you are in some problem. Sometimes
you don’t put any efforts to solve the problems and just assign the work to the
god. So god may want to teach you some lessons and that’s why he is on leave.
The friends
asked which lessons he wants to teach us by taking leave? We can’t understand. The
monk said there are many lessons but few are very important.
Have
you solved any problems since the god is on leave? The monk asked.
They
said yes we have solved many problems.
How?
The monk asked.
On our
own or by helping each other. They replied.
The monk
said this is the first lesson.
“Believe in yourself”.
You can
solve your problems on your own. You have to put your best efforts to solve
them. When god was not there, you were not dependent on him and you put the
best efforts.
One of
them asked, but there are still many problems for which we didn’t find any
solution.
The monk
replied that’s where the second important lesson lies.
Many
of you have stopped the prayer because god is on leave. It was because you have
always prayed him for the solution. If he is not going to do your work, you don’t
need him. You could have prayed to the
god and asked for more strength to solve the problems. So the lesson is
“Never
stop the prayer no matter what the circumstances are”.
Then
they asked how you know all this. The monk replied, when the notice was seen in
the sky, I was also as puzzled as you are. So many questions were there in my
mind. Everybody was talking with each other about this. I have decided to talk
with myself. One night I found these answers and I knew the most important
lesson.
“Talk to yourself. All the answers are
within”
When
I got up in the morning after a deep refreshing sleep, I saw the notice at the
dawn.
“I can’t
leave you as I am within you.”
- GOD