DwarkaMai - Sai Baba Forum
Indian Spirituality => Philosophy & Spirituality => Topic started by: tana on April 22, 2008, 12:50:38 AM
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Om Sai Ram~~~
All Problems Have A Solution~~~
Many years ago in a small Indian village,
A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender.
The Moneylender , who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.
So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter.
He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.
They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.
He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag.
Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have Done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities~~
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking.
The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses
The above logical answers.
What would you recommend to the Girl to do?
Well, here is what she did ....
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.
MORAL OF THE STORY~~~
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't Attempt to think.
Jai Sai Ram~~~
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awesome story didi!
i cud have never thot of this!
Great!!!!!!!!!! :D
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awesome story didi!
i cud have never thot of this!
Great!!!!!!!!!! :D
Om Sai Ram~~~
Thanks Sonika.....
Sonika WE could never thought of this......ALL PROBLEMS HAVE SOLUTION~~~~
BABA bless all of us with sadbhuddi.....
Jai Sai Ram~~~
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Om Sai Ram~~~
BABA Have All Answers~~~
Although you're tired and weary
Just rest the whole night through
As BABA gives us the mornings
To see all things new~~
For things look so much brighter
When they're slept on a while
You wake up in the morning
And soon you want to smile~~
You look and see the sunshine
The bright blue sky above
You wonder why you fretted
And you know BABA is love~~
With all this to surround you
There's naught but this to say
And so with song you praise Him
Give thanks for this new day~~
Yes, BABA has all the answers
To problems big and small
We only have to tell Him
He's at our beck and call~~
So we must take our burdens
And lay them at His feet
Then trust unto His wisdom
That all our need He'll meet~~~
Jai Sai Ram~~~
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Om Sai Ram~~~
I Choose to Trust God~~~
If you are expecting me to give you the answer to all the questions you are asking right now, then you are probably looking in the wrong direction. I don’t have all the answers. I think recent events have established that none of us are going to have all the answers.
"‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’" Isaiah 55:8-9
If there is ever a time to realize that I need to trust someone greater than any of us, it is the aftermath of a disaster like Hurricane Katrina. So I choose to trust in God. I know the questions that must be going through your mind about God and disaster; in fact, I’ve asked some of those same questions myself. I can tell you that God created the world, and He created you. I can tell you that He loves you, and longs for you to love Him. And I can tell you He wants you to live forever with Him. However, I am not sure I know how to explain everything about how God operates. If I could I’d be God...and I am not. And that’s the whole point. God asks us to trust Him to make sense out of this life.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6
When everything in life has been turned upside down, I trust in the only One who can make sense of it all. But it is fair to ask why I am so sure He is the answer. It is because I have seen Him at work. I have seen God do marvelous things in my life and in my family’s life. I have seen Him do wonderful things after the Oklahoma City bombings, after 9/11, after the Tsunami, and in the lives of the countless people we have been able to minister to in crisis.
And because I believe in God~~~
Jai Sai Ram~~~