Awareness

Religion is all about awareness .If u r aware u r religious person .

Let Me tell u a story 

Once there was a king who wanted to find out what is truth . So he went to a saint living in a small hut outside his kingdom .The saint told him that " if u want to learn  u will have to live  here and do what I instruct u If u r ready  I can give u the answer ." The king agreed .

The next day the saint saw him a wooden rod  and told him that he will struct him with that rod at any time of the day and he(the king) will have to defend himself . For a moment the king thought that the saint was mad . But then also he agreed . Now the saint used to come at any time of the day and  beat the king with that rod . The first week was very tough for king to defend but soon he began to defend himself because it was a do or die situation for him .  We also learn the things very fast when we read few hours before the exams as it is a do or die situation for us .Then after one month the king was able to defend all the blows from the saint no matter how hard the saint tried because he used to remain alert the whole day .

 The next day the saint came and told him that now he would beat him with that rod even at night  when he is sleeping .The king was shocked but then also he agreed because he wanted to find what is the truth or true  religion .Such should be the intensity of every student to know the answer .  The first week was very tough for him . The saint used to come at mid night and beat him . But after that the king began to defend  the blows . His sleep began to be like that of dog . In our scriptures there is one verse which says that the sleep of a student must be like that of  a dog , deep as well as sensitive . The dog will wake up immediately if he hears the foot steps even at midnight . In few months the king was very well trained himself .The saint could not blow him because he used to remain aware in the sleep also .

But now the king realized that in the last few months he used to remain totally aware and that gave his mind so much of peace .When u r totally aware ur mind gets peace . For thousands of years man has been searching for peace and happiness in others . But he has not found yet  because the reality is that that peace and happiness is inside us .It looks strange at first but just be aware when u feel happy from where does this happiness and peace is comming . It is not coming from that beautiful girl or from handsome boy but from a beautiful soul residing in you . The king realized it and bowed down to the saint .

Usually saints give teaching not through words but through their actions and deeds . The saint told the king that now u have understood what truth is u can return the kingdom . So in the evening on the day before he was going to depart , they were sitting in the veranda . The king thought that the saint took a very tough tect of him so let me see how aware he(the saint ) himself is . So he decided that he pick up the wooden rod with which the saint used to beat him and  strike the saint from behind . As soon as he was going to stand up , the saint said " Hey dont try to pick up that rod , I am too old to defend myself " . The king was puzzled  and bowed down to the saint asking him how he(saint) read his(king's) mind . The saint said  : - "Just live here for few months and I can teach u that also ." 

Such is the power of  meditation  and this is what true religion is !!!!!!!!