Knock on the same door!
Knock on the
same door.
Pranam
to my Guru Krsna.
Have
you noticed that when in life difficulties come, we knock on the same set of doors?
Now these doors have been earlier knocked on and some have helped, most have
not.
I
remember my own difficult time I did the same thing and got the same answers
from the same people, when I knew the outcome why did I do so? What made me
think that this time they would help? Why did I open myself up to more slap
downs and an earful of hurtful words? I used to wonder on it and never found
answers.
Soon
I got my answer and that too quite unexpectedly! One day at Guruji’s Ashram I
was standing with Him near a window. In the morning hours, all the mosquitoes and
insects fly out, there were these couple of them who were continuously
literally knocking on the netlon mesh and trying to go out. I said to Him,
‘There is this big door on this side lying fully open, why don’t they just fly
out from there, instead of repeatedly trying from a closed space?’
Guruji
looked at me and said, ’Are you not doing the same thing in your life? You are
knocking on the same closed doors with blinkers on and are repeatedly trying to
open them to get answers to your issues!’ I sheepishly looked at Him and asked
then what to do Guruji?
Guruji
said, ‘Open up your mind, do lateral thinking, think out of the box.’ I was
still looking down with a crestfallen expression on my face, when he said, ‘
Listen to this story from Shri Ramakrishna Parmahansa’s book.
The
story…. One day a woodcutter was chopping wood in the jungles, after a while he
sat down tired and was worried. A passing saint saw him and asked what the
problem was? When the woodcutter explained, the saint responded with, ‘Go
ahead!’ Initially the woodcutter just wondered what instructions he had been
given. The next time when he was in the forest, he remembered the saint’s advice
and decided to go further into the woods. As he went further he found a silver
mine, he took a sufficient amount with him and went home to his family. They
started enjoying a good and a comfortable life. Then he recalled the saint’s
advice again, ‘Go ahead!’ He again went to the forest, further than the silver
mine and found a gold mine! He was happier than before and led an even more
comfortable life. He again went to the forest and went still further and found
a diamond mine! He was thrilled to bits.
I
asked Guruji what the story meant, Guruji replied,’ It means that just because
you are facing problems does not mean you stop trying, when from some doors you do not
get answers, go knock some more and more and more. Sometimes for the right door
to open for you it is destined that you knock on all the others which did not
reply.’ ‘Remember that student who got married to the 13th alliance
he was introduced to. To reach 13, he had to go from 1-12.’ Always keep in mind
that there is no stopping, you have to ahead and ahead and ahead and this you
have to do with full Faith and you will find your answers!
I
followed his advice and did find my answers and it was exactly as he said, I
had to keep knocking and knocking and knocking! By the way I had not shared
with him that I had been unsuccessful in my efforts, then how did he know what
was going on with me at that time? That’s how the Guru’s are, there is nothing
hidden from them. I am truly Laki(lucky) to have Him guide me!
Om
Shri Guru Krsna